Transportation Manager

Darling Ingredients is looking to hire a Transportation Manager for our plant in Clinton, IA. Are you ready to take your career to the next level in route delivery management with a stable worldwide company? This position earns a competitive salary, depending on experience, plus bonus opportunities based on performance. We also offer comprehensive full-time benefits, including full medical, dental, vision, a 401(k) plan, vacation time, and more. If this sounds like the right delivery route management opportunity for you, consider applying today!

ABOUT DARLING INGREDIENTS

We began as a family business in 1882 and have continued to grow into the world's leading innovative developer and producer of sustainable organic ingredients for a growing population. Headquartered in Irving, TX with regional offices in Cold Spring, KY and Des Moines, IA as well as production facilities across the U.S., we have over 10,000 employees across the globe. We repurpose and reuse rather than discarding what others might consider waste. We capture valuable ingredients and nutrients to help maximize what nature has to offer, providing components for a wide range of products that include pet food, fertilizer, and biofuel. Giving nature a second life is our second nature.

Our greatest assets are our employees. Our inclusive global workforce and their wide variety of skills, abilities, experiences, and perspectives have been critical in helping us consistently deliver best-in-class results around the world. In order to attract and retain employees who share our values of integrity, transparency, and entrepreneurship, we offer competitive pay, excellent benefits, stability, and opportunities for career growth.

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A TRANSPORTATION MANAGER

As a Transportation Manager, you play a critical role in keeping our fleet of trucks on the road to service customers in the Clinton IA vicinity. You oversee the Fleet and Route Coordinator in running the daily operations of the truck fleet. In addition to scheduling all outgoing finished products, you set the schedules and start times for raw materials transfer drivers to ensure a constant flow of material to the plant.

You schedule all drivers for all routes, making changes as necessary to ensure route efficiency. In order to ensure that drivers are operating within regulations, you monitor DOT logs and driver timecards. You also help hire, train, and provide safety orientation for new drivers. You maintain current accounts and work to enlist new accounts within your designated area. You take pride in ensuring prompt, efficient, and quality service to all customers in your area!

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS FOR A TRANSPORTATION MANAGER

• High school diploma or GED
• Experience in route delivery and routing processes
• Experience in supervising route drivers

A CDL holder is preferred but multiple factors will be taken into consideration. Do you have excellent communication skills, both verbal and written? Do you have leadership skills and are highly organized and able to effectively prioritize and delegate multiple tasks? Do you have superior time management skills? Can you maintain composure in difficult situations and adapt to changes? If so, you might just be perfect for this Transportation Manager position!

Here are some other details about the position:

Physical Demands

• Frequently required to walk, stand, sit, climb, balance, stoop, bend, and kneel.
• Frequently must push, pull, move or lift up to 100 lbs.
• Regularly required reach with hands and arms.

Work Environment

Job functions will be carried out at a plant location, customer locations, and in company vehicle.

READY TO JOIN OUR TRUCK FLEET AND ROUTE DELIVERY TEAM?

We understand your time is valuable and that is why we have a very quick and easy application process. If you feel that you would be right for this truck fleet and route delivery management job, please fill out our quick, mobile-friendly application. We look forward to meeting you!

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