Cedar Rapids, IA, United States
8 hours ago
AVP, Final Mile Operations

Core Responsibilities & Duties:

Develop an operational plan and budget that drives attainment of the Company’s financial and strategic goals. Establish metrics and conducts analysis in order to understand and manage performance levels against operational key performance indicators (KPI’s) and company expectations. Provide leadership oversight on all operations, safety, systems, quality and technology. Develop, implement and maintain standard operational procedures (SOP’s) to ensure safety, security, service excellence and operational integrity and compliance standards are met. Manage continuous improvement processes and initiatives.  Develop, train and motivate a team to reach business unit goals. Coordinate operations with all other business unit departments, divisions and groups within the enterprise. Ensure employees and managers are trained and operationally effective, makes hiring decisions, manage performance reviews, provide coaching/mentoring to employees to resolve conflicts and communication problems and proactively promote and support cross team collaboration. Responsible for ensuring all compliance and quality programs and initiatives are current and fully understood by employees and the management team. Responsible for reviewing and analyzing route optimization planning and execution to ensure site and company profitability. Responsible for working with company Senior management on new business development initiatives. Responsible for remaining current on operational, industry, and competitor trends to ensure the business remains competitive and meets and exceeds its financial and customer objectives Other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

College degree preferred, in addition to several years of leadership and management experience Certification, degree, or experience in the transportation industry required. Experience in transportation services, distribution, or manufacturing is preferred Strong work ethic, high integrity Excellent communication skills Experience with Microsoft Office, especially Excel

Skills:

Ideal candidate will possess a “can do” attitude with a “will do” work ethic Interpersonal skills necessary to build effective working relationships with employees at all levels of the organization Strong organization, prioritization, project management and consulting skill set General computer skills - Microsoft Office, Outlook, AS400  Excellent communication and problem solving skills 

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