Logistics Manager
Location: On-site Bourbonnais, IL Area
Reports to: Operations Manager
The ideal candidate will have at least 5 years of experience in transportation and logistics management, a background in the food manufacturing industry, and a proven track record of successfully leading teams
Job Description
- Develop, empower, and coach Team Leads in Shipping and Warehouse.
- Direct inbound and outbound shipping and receiving activities for raw materials, refrigerated goods, dry goods, and production raw materials.
- Work closely with the procurement team to collect, report and analyze data on production commodity deliveries.
- Manage the storage tank program for all outside tanks on the property.
- Ensure that all raw materials received into the facility are handled and held in accordance with Federal, State, and Local guidelines.
- Establish and maintain relationships with internal and external customers through networking and advocacy by offering advice, solutions leveraging data and proactive communication.
- Develop and manage service provider relationships, ensuring compliance, accountability, and performance leveraging scorecard data and root cause analysis creating corrective actions to close gaps.
- Develop and implement process improvements and capital improvements to ensure continuous improvement in human safety, food safety, productivity and profitability within all areas of plant logistics.
- Lead investigations, Root Cause Analyses (RCA), Corrective Action Preventative Action (CAPA) events to improve human safety and food safety and food quality.
- Create and revise standard operating procedures (SOP) as required to support cohesive business rules and expectations.
- Ability to operate a wide range of internal and external software to manage budgets, performance metrics, inventories, and equipment analysis.
- Leverage data and external learning to predict trends, create corrective actions and recommend strategies to company leadership.
- Proactively manage the plant's fleet of Powered Industrial Vehicles (PIV) to include purchase, lease, inspection, repair, operation, and training.
Education
- Bachelor's Degree or higher strongly preferred.
Skills and Competencies
- Ability to source, onboard and develop strong partnerships with a diverse network of customers and teams
- Strong background in OSHA regulatory compliance
- Applied knowledge of DOT regulations
- Strong software application skills
- Ability to create comprehensive solutions and presentations
- Excellent problem solving, task prioritization, and customer service skills required
- Ability to communicate effectively across all levels of the organization including customers and corporate leaders
- Demonstrated strong analytical skills, able to derive results from large amounts of data.
- Demonstrated ability in coaching teams and creating an environment of ownership
- Commitment to continuous improvement
- Demonstrated drive in achieving results, taking calculated risks and innovation
- Commitment to personal growth and development