Logistics Manager

About This Role

This Logistics Manager position directs and coordinates activities related to the delivery of company products, primarily aggregates and asphalt. The role involves ensuring compliance with regulations and company policies, maintaining driver files, and overseeing subcontracted haulers. It suits a candidate with supervisory experience in transportation operations who can manage production activities and cost controls.

Responsibilities

• Direct and coordinate activities concerned with delivery of aggregates and asphalt, utilizing knowledge of production technology, methods and procedures, and capabilities of machinery and equipment
• Assure compliance with all regulatory mandates, company policies, and procedures governing worker safety and plant operation
• Maintain DOT Driver Files
• Ensure compliance with Company policies for subcontracted haulers
• Confer with management personnel to establish schedule and quality delivery control standards, and cost controls
• Plan and direct production activities and establish production priorities for products in keeping with effective operations and cost factors
• Review and analyze production, quality control, maintenance, and operational reports to determine causes of non-conformity with product specifications and operating or production problems
• Develop and implement operating methods and procedures designed to eliminate problems, improve product quality, and assure the operational status of company plants does not affect production of material for customers
• Maintain and improve the appearance of company property and facilities
• Responsible for ensuring operating costs are within budgeted amounts
• Directly supervise the trucking department
• Communicate with customers and other company departments as required to assure the safe, accurate, and timely delivery of company products and service
• Communicate with Management on any subordinate commendations, disciplinary actions, operational deficiencies, QC issues, productivity issues, or unusual purchase requirements
• Schedule PTO, and communicate unexcused absences and tardiness to Management
• Prepare incident reports as appropriate
• Verify, review, and approve daily timecards and production purchases
• Ensure all timecards and invoices are forwarded to the office in a timely fashion
• Communicate accident/incident information to Management immediately
• Verify completion of accident/incident reports and assist the Manager with accident reports and investigations
• Review and analyze productivity reports for continual operational improvements
• Conduct designated performance appraisals
• Compile, verify, and record accurate production, QC, purchasing, inventory, and best practice reports as necessary