About this role
Job Description: Johnson Brothers Maverick of Texas is a leading family-owned distributor of wine, spirits, and beer, proudly serving customers since 1953. We represent top global brands while championing a dynamic portfolio of fine wines and craft spirits. Join our team and be part of a company driven by quality, innovation, and growth.
This position will have responsibility for all delivery and fleet-related operations within Texas. The ideal candidate can be located in any of our TX locations (Dallas/Irving & San Antonio) and must be willing to travel to each site or cross-dock.
Duties
• Proven expertise in leading an organization's logistics operations ensuring efficient, cost-effective, and safe movement of goods throughout the state.
• Oversight of 150+ company-owned CDL and non-CDL vehicles across the state of Texas combined with a delivery team in excess of 125 personnel.
• Develop and implement transportation strategies, best practices and procedures to enhance performance and align with business objectives.
• Responsible for capital and financial planning and execution, takes ownership of the Delivery P&L.
• Maintains relationships with 3rd party repair and maintenance vendors and approval of all repairs.
• Ensures compliance with all Department of Transportation (DOT) and local regulations at all times, maintaining class-leading safety standards.
• Monitor KPI's and develop new ones as necessary such as costs, service metrics, and safety measurements, implementing improvements as needed.
• Would lead group of transportation leaders who oversee specific territories within the state.
• Mentor, train and manage transportation professionals, supervisors, and administrative personnel on a daily basis, developing into a high performance team.
• Provide general guidelines and parameters for staff functioning within the leadership group with measurable expectations.
• Ensures all equipment is properly maintained in accordance with Johnson Brothers/DOT/FMCSA vehicle maintenance expectations .
• Productivity initiatives (PI) to drive financial and operational improvements.
• Partners closely with the Director of Operations as well as Corporate Routing and Fleet functions to drive continuous improvement in efficiency.
• Proven experience with electronic driver qualification management as well as fleet safety & ELD software such as Samsara or similar.
• Drives company culture & engagement within the transportation department as well interdepartmental relationships.
Qualifications:
• 10+ years relevant experience in Transportation Management.
• Proven ability to analyze operational data and build KPI scorecard insights to drive continuous improvement.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; clear, effective communication with internal and external stakeholders.
• High attention to detail, ability to thrive under deadlines and work in a team environment, while also delivering independent results.
• Demonstrated ability to review issues and provide recommendations for resolution.
• Strong prioritization skills, multi-tasking skills and works with a sense or urgency.
• Intermediate MS Office Suite skills.
Pay: DOE Strong Benefits Package: Medical, Dental, Vision, FSA, HSA, 401k/401k Match, Parental Leave, PTO, Paid Holidays, and short & long-term disability.
Worker Sub-Type: Regular Time Type: Full time