Job Overview
Employment Type
Full-time
Work Schedule
Standard Hours
Benefits
Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Paid Time Off
Retirement Plan
Employee Discounts
Professional Development
a safe work environment
Job Description
Blue Line Distribution is a reputable and family-owned company that has been operating for over 50 years as the exclusive in-house distributor for Little Caesars Pizza. Renowned for its commitment to customized and innovative food service logistics, the company places safety and efficiency as its core priorities. By fostering a collaborative work environment, Blue Line Distribution underscores the growth and development of its colleagues, truly measuring its success by the professional progress of its employees. This approach has not only built a strong internal community but has also made Blue Line Distribution a leading force in food distribution logistics. The... Show More
Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in logistics, business administration, or related field
- Minimum of five years manager-level experience within the transportation or warehouse industry or equivalent of eight years managerial experience
- Strong understanding of DOT, FDA, OSHA, and CSA compliance requirements
- Knowledge of company policies and state and federal regulations
- Four years of experience in food service distribution industry
- Excellent communication skills
- Experience in budget forecasting and management
Job Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Logistics, Business Administration, or related degree
- Minimum of five years manager-level experience within the transportation or warehouse industry or equivalent of eight years managerial experience
- Strong understanding of DOT, FDA, OSHA, and CSA compliance requirements
- Familiarity with company policies and national and state regulations with ability to enforce them
- Four years of experience in food service distribution industry
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to lead and motivate colleagues
- Prior experience forecasting and managing operating budgets
- Experience communicating budget variance
- Knowledge of performance evaluation and staff development techniques
Job Duties
- Manages the customer service aspects of business
- Ensures clean deliveries to units
- Conducts periodic surveys of customer satisfaction
- Provides feedback and goals to staff and measures improvement
- Monitors flow of scheduled inbound product ordered centrally and locally
- Reviews all electronic purchase orders and troubleshoots overdue purchase order listing from both vendor and corporate
- Assists with maintaining inventory turn ratio, fill rate, and controls shrinkage
- Hires, onboards, and trains drivers, warehouse, and office staff
- Ensures low level of turnover
- Demonstrates leadership qualities and supervises branch staff through the appropriate use of communication, delegation, follow up, performance evaluation and positive reinforcement
- Conducts performance reviews, both formal and informal, to develop the knowledge, skills, and abilities of the staff
- Conducts driver ride-alongs and warehouse visits regularly
- Coordinates activities associated with payroll, unemployment, workers compensation, disability and other personnel related matters
- Budgets for and develops action plans to achieve budgeted cost controls and profitability goals
- Monitors daily, weekly and period-end sales and cost control figures
- Maximizes truck and labor potential by establishing routes to maintain proper truck utilization and meeting goal for cubes per truck and average load weight
- Maintains ideal restaurant processing time
- Schedules drivers and warehouse personnel according to set labor hours prescribed
- Maintains work environment that is safe, secure and in compliance with government laws, DOT, FDA, OSHA and company policies
- Ensures compliance and use of XATA computer hardware
- Ensures all accident report procedures are properly followed
- Obtains an excellent rating from Quality Assurance department and the American Institute of Baking
Job Qualifications
Experience
Expert Level (7+ years)
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