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Transportation Supervisor

We’re looking for aTransportation Supervisor to join our growing team at Sterling Heights. The successful candidate will have a proven track record of leading commercial drivers in logistics environemnt. This is a day shift role and provides opportunity for earning overtime. 

 

About the Role

How you will contribute

  • Coordinate and control the assignment of labor to ensure all shipping lanes are covered with the appropriate resources
  • Monitor the quality, quantity, cost and efficiency of the movement and storage of goods.
  • Ensure that all transport fleet vehicles are properly maintained.  This includes after hours coordination of emergency repairs.
  • Audit trailer storage yards and report discrepancies to the operations team.
  • Work with operations to manage trailer storage yard and ensure timely movement of trailers to/from warehouse docks
  • Ensure compliance to DOT requirements for driver hours and all equipment inspections and documentation.
  • Proactively train drivers on all safety methods and standards and ensure on-time delivery standards are met
  • Proactively works with operations to identify and remove constraints while seeking opportunities to improve efficiency
  • Other duties as assigned.

 

Your Key Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, or related field
  • Experience leading a team of commercial drivers
  • Experience performing professional level operational and plant management duties; preferably in automotive or logistics industry.
  • Knowledge of principles and procedures used in material planning and logistics operations and practices.
  • Knowledge of various means of transport / transit times. 

Compensation

DP World offers exciting and challenging roles within a growing international organization. We strive to hire and develop the right people, locally and globally, stimulating personal growth and self-development within an informal atmosphere. We offer a market competitive compensation package.

 

About DP World

Trade is the lifeblood of the global economy, creating opportunities and improving the quality of life for people around the world. DP World exists to make the world’s trade flow better, changing what’s possible for the customers and communities we serve globally. 

With a dedicated, diverse and professional team of more than 111,000 employees from 159 nationalities, spanning 77 countries on six continents, DP World is pushing trade further and faster towards a seamless supply chain that’s fit for the future.

We’re rapidly transforming and integrating our businesses -- Ports and Terminals, Marine Services, Logistics and Technology – and uniting our global infrastructure with local expertise to create stronger, more efficient end-to-end supply chain solutions that can change the way the world trades.

What's more, we're reshaping the future by investing in innovation. From intelligent delivery systems to automated warehouse stacking, we’re at the cutting edge of disruptive technology, pushing the sector towards better ways to trade, minimising disruptions from the factory floor to the customer’s door.

DP World is on a mission to transcend boundaries and bridge the gap between all nations and cultures – not just in what we do but also in how we behave.

We are dedicated to creating a culture where everyone feels respected, supported, and empowered to reach their full potential. We believe that embracing inclusion and diversity, drives innovation and growth and helps us connect people, businesses, and societies. Free minds and different perspectives are changing our world, and together we can change what’s possible.

The DP World family comprises of syncreon, Imperial and P&O.

WE MAKE TRADE FLOW

TO CHANGE WHAT'S POSSIBLE FOR EVERYONE.


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