Transportation Supervisor

About The Company

Albertsons Companies is at the forefront of the revolution in retail. With a fixation on raising the bar with innovation and building belonging through our culture, our team is rallying our company around a unique purpose: to create joy around each table and inspire a healthier tomorrow for every community.

Albertsons Companies is one of the largest food and drug retailers in the United States, with over 2,200 stores in 34 states and the District of Columbia. Our well-known banners include Albertsons, Safeway, Vons, Jewel-Osco, Shaw's, Acme, Tom Thumb, Randalls, United Supermarkets, Pavilions, Star Market, Haggen, Carrs, Kings Food Markets, and Balducci's Food Lovers Market. We support our stores with 22 distribution centers and 19 manufacturing plants.

Placing a premium on adaptability, safety and family well-being, our work model, Presence with a Purpose, offers a hybrid work environment between remote work and office time. A one-size-fits-all approach does not apply to everyone, and teams are empowered to make decisions best for them.

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Building the future of food and well-being starts with you. Join our team and bring your best self to the table.

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This position will supervise drivers and equipment. Dispatch retail store deliveries. Ensure driver compliance with state and federal DOT regulations. Assist with required records, reports and control systems. The position can work without a manager physically on site.

Qualifications: The following are preferred or desired unless specifically stated:

• High school graduate; Bachelors or 5 years supervisory experience in trucking as equivalent preferred
• 3+ years experience of progressive trucking experience / grocery retail preferred
• Knowledge of OSHA & DOT safety regulations, sanitation, and food safety - Management Level
• Strong technical skills and experience with TMS fleet routing optimization software (Prospero, One Network & CAMS preferred) as well as fleet on-board computer systems (XATA preferred).
• Experience using warehouse management system to interact with TMS
• Excellent math skills
• Enthusiastic and willing to learn new programs and procedures
• Ability to make decisions quickly and cost effectively
• Possess strong resolution skills and have the ability to take decisive action
• Excellent written and oral interpersonal/communication skills
• Proven leadership ability to encompass a minimum 3+ years experience managing 30+ reports
• Able to chart, forecast, plan, manage, and measure day-to-day operations
• Able to effectively interact with multiple levels within the distribution center and within the company
• Exhibits initiative and a high energy for innovation, exemplary customer service skills, and resourcefulness
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Suite to include high level of Excel proficiency
  
  

Key Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Commitment to providing and maintaining a safe work environment
• Lead, coach, and supervise transportation personnel to attain specific goals and measurable results
• Must be able to work a schedule to support the business (including weekends, holidays, and nights)
• Ensure compliance with company policies, procedures, and practices.
• Train and develop dispatchers and drivers, identifying and mentoring high potential candidates
• Successful interaction between other departments within the distribution center and retail
• Maintain positive associate relations
• Provide superior service to our customers
• Determine equipment and manpower requirements for daily operational needs
• Maintain capital assets in an as-designed condition in a cost effective manner
• Implement new and monitor existing initiatives to reduce cost
• Supervise and dispatch drivers
• Work with drivers to maintain safe and courteous driving skills / facilitate meetings and development workshops
• Ensure accuracy within transportation operations
• Ensure compliance with all OSHA, DOT, Sanitation and Food Safety regulations
• Maintain accurate and complete documentation of transportation operations and personnel
  
  

What is it like at Albertsons?

Our 290,000 associates have a passion for great service and building lasting relationships with our customers. Through a companywide focus on innovation, we are continually enhancing our digital and product offerings, making it easy for customers to get what they need, wherever they are.

Albertsons is an Equal Opportunity Employer

This Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, ethnicity, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, or on any other basis prohibited by law. Consistent with applicable state and local law, the Company will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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