Transportation Supervisor - Nights
Location:, Gainesville, Florida
FFL_778025 Driver Supervision
Date Posted: 11/07/2024
For more than a century, Ben E. Keith Company has been a leader in fine food and premium beverage distribution, and we strive to consistently exceed our customers’ expectations.
Our Food Division is a complete broad line multi-state distributor, and our Beverage Division operates throughout the state of Texas as a proud distributor of Anheuser-Busch products, craft and import beer brands, spirits, and wine.
We are dedicated to the growth and success of our business, our customers, and our employees—continuing our commitment to delivering quality since 1906.
The Transportation Supervisor directly supervises and manages the daily delivery process in accordance with company policies and procedures to ensure the timely and efficient delivery of products to Ben E. Keith customers. • Collaborate with peer supervisors to manage daily routes and activities of transportation personnel. • Recruit, hire and train new employees on all aspects of their job responsibilities; schedule or assign personnel for additional training as needed. • Consistently communicate with drivers routes: ensure efficient product delivery and completion of appropriate paperwork. • Ensure driver personnel remain in compliance with BEK standards for professional appearance, conduct and training requirements. • Manage departmental employee turn-over by maintaining or improving employee morale and identifying and correcting obstacles to productivity • Enforce transportation policies and procedures to maintain equipment performance and ensure compliance with BEK safety and transportation guidelines. • Manage delivery operations to ensure complete customer satisfaction with internal and external customers. • Perform daily administrative tasks to ensure the timely reporting of work activities personnel time and performance, departmental expenditures and efficient operations. • Collaborate with appropriate BEK personnel to ensure service guidelines are met and maintained.
Job Qualifications
• At least one year of management experience required. • Knowledge of DOT guidelines and related regulatory guidelines required.. • Basic math skills required. • No more than one moving violation in the past 3 years. • Ability to use Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint. • Ability to learn new applications and BEK software. • Ability to perform repetitive lifting of 50 lbs. • Ability to train and lead personnel. • Strong negotiation/problem-solving skills • 3-5 years of related experience. • High School diploma or equivalent.
Driver safety is important to Ben E. Keith. We use dash cameras which leverage artificial intelligence to recognize safe driving, capture safety events and improve driver safety performance. The videos are also used to exonerate drivers in accidents. All drivers sign a driver consent form upon hire to confirm their understanding.
Ben E. Keith (BEK) Company is one of the largest food and beverage distributors in the United States. We are a family-owned business with a long-standing tradition of supporting the diverse communities in which we live and work. Our competitive employee benefits provide health and financial protection to our employees and their families.
- Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance
- Short and Long Term Disability
- 401K with matching contribution
- Educational Assistance Program
- Paid Vacation and Holidays
- Employee Credit Union
We have sought to create an environment in which the contributions of each employee at Ben E. Keith are fully valued. This means more than simply treating one another with respect; it also means considering how all our people can positively impact the quality of the decisions we make about our business.
Here at Ben E. Keith, we recognize that our workforce reflects the increasingly diverse nature of our society, and we want to do all we can to take advantage of that diversity with both our external and internal customers. We believe our differences are also our strengths and we want to do all we can to use those strengths to find more creative solutions for the business challenges we face. Ben E. Keith is an equal employment opportunity, affirmative action employer. VEVRAA Federal Contractor