Branch Operations Manager

Specific Job Responsibilities:

• Maintains all required D.O.T. inspection reports and manifests, verifies and releases tickets, and any additional documentation needed in the supervision of branch drivers.
• Submits all required D.O.T. paperwork (hours of service logs, manifests, VIRs, etc.) and additional reports in an accurate and timely manner to the appropriate individuals.
• Confers with supervisors of other locations to coordinate flow of materials or products.
• Serve as a liaison between distribution and sales.
• Plans delivery by organizing truck loads and routing schedules. Interprets job orders to workers and assigns duties.
• Studies delivery schedules and estimates worker hour requirements for completion of job assignment.
• Interprets company policies to workers and enforces safety regulations.
• Establishes or adjusts work schedules and procedures to meet delivery schedules.
• Recommends measures to improve distribution methods, equipment performance, and customer service.
• Analyzes and resolves work problems, or assists workers in solving work problems.
• Initiates or suggests plans to motivate workers to achieve work goals. Responsible for conducting timely and quality performance appraisals to develop and train assigned personnel.

Qualifications:

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED); three to five years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Intermediate to proficient working level of experience with Microsoft Office programs preferred.
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commission, proportion, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry. Computer literate.
• While performing the essential duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand and walk on concrete for an extended period of time, bend, use hands and arms, must be able to lift up to 50 pounds and push/pull carts up to 600 pounds. The employee also occasionally works near moving mechanical parts and hazardous materials and is regularly exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and risks of electrical shock. The employee is regularly exposed to outside weather conditions.
• Must be detail oriented with good writing skills to complete handwritten compliance documentation accurately and neatly.

Classification:

• Salary, Exempt Employee
• Full-time