LOCATION
Los Angeles, CA
Summary: Primary responsibilities are to oversee all aspects of west coast transportation operations.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Work with key stakeholders including safety, recruiting, maintenance, finance, and business development to drive service growth and margin improvement.
- Manage operational KPI’s, costing and optimization.
- Enforce key metrics to provide visibility into transportation performance.
- Lead, develop and train transportation and logistics personnel.
- Participation in key supply chain and industry forums.
- Develop proposals and build customer solutions.
- Oversee and ensure transportation related operations comply with rules and regulations for all applicable safety and regulatory agencies.
- Provide transportation performance reviews and analysis.
- Monitoring and coordinating transportation RFP process.
- P&L responsibilities for all transportation operations.
- Responsible for operating efficiencies, revenues, and safety.
- Execute planned growth in existing port drayage operations as well as new locations.
- Customer support.
- Knowledge contract terms by customer.
- Develop proposals and build customer solutions.
Background Profile
- Bachelors’ degree, advanced degree preferred.
- 10 + years’ experience in Transportation and Logistics.
- Experience in managing union and non-union labor.
- Demonstrated proficiency in managing Logistics Operations, in a highly seasonal / variable volume business.
- Direct experience with TMS systems
- Strong communication skills and direct contact with clients.
- Experience managing a fleet of 150+ trucks/ power units
