Job Description
Job Description Overview:
Responsibilities & Duties:
- Develop drayage capacity to meet our customer needs.
- Develop Port diversification strategy that allows for reduced dwell time at the Port.
- Cover pricing and develop prioritization process for containers to ensure sales targets are met.
- Empty container & chassis management.
- Explore opportunities to improve overall lead times.
- Ensure connectivity and alignment between internal stakeholders.
- Maintain processes in full compliance with all federal, state and local regulatory guidelines.
- Demonstrated success in leading cross-functional teams to analyze problems, gathering. information, generating options, and guiding the team action.
- Ensure the team is working efficiently at coordinating vessel arrivals/departures to maximize the turn per driver ratio.
- Continue to work with the team on building KPI’s to measure each department’s performance.
- Team builder and mentor, that is proactive and puts the customer first (internal and external)
- Strategic thinker that develops team’s direction based on MDB’s targets.
- Analytical and able to translate complex problems into tangible objectives and drive systemic solutions.
Required Skills and Competencies:
- Bachelor’s degree in Logistics, Transportation, Supply Chain, or 8+ years of proven executive transportation leadership experience.
- Proven experience in the transportation industry with progressive leadership positions.
- Proven understanding of financial policies and procedures including auditing, budgeting, and financial reporting analysis.
- Proficient in Microsoft Excel with a strong understanding of building graphs, charts, pivot tables.
- Must be able to communicate well and have experience with contract negotiation.
- Ability to perform data analysis on operational metrics.
- Demonstrated success in developing direct reports to achieve their goals and full potential.
- Proficient problem solver, independent, and adaptive to a fast-paced dynamic business environment.
- Advanced with computer and software applications. (Desktops, Laptops, Tablets, Outlook, Excel)
- Flexible for various shifts with occasional travel.
- Organizational skills to manage multiple projects and tasks.
- Knowledge of FMCSA, DOT, DOL regulations.
Benefits:
- Employer Paid Medical.
- Employer Paid Dental.
- Employer Paid Vision.
- Life Insurance.
- 401(K).
- Employee Assistance Programs.
- Vacation pay.
- Sick pay.
- Excellent opportunity for career advancement.
- Employee events.
About AJRTrucking:
Our company offers job security like no other in the area, here’s why, we haul the U.S Post Office Mail! Because we haul the mail, our trailers are running whether we have one letter on board or a full truck load. We have fixed routes and they don’t stop. Other companies must depend on load volume which you know is not reliable. We don’t, that’s what I mean by job security.