Requisition Id: 375818
Business Unit: LTL
Location:
Des Moines, IA, US, 50313
What you’ll need to succeed as a Freight Assembly Center Manager at XPO
Minimum qualifications:
- 5 years of related work experience
- Supervisory or management experience
- Experience in the Less-than-Truckload (LTL) industry
- Experience with transportation rules and regulations, OSHA laws, hazardous material regulations, NMFC and Tariff rules
Preferred qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree, 4 years of related work experience or equivalent military experience
- LTL freight management and/or service center management experience
- Strong interpersonal and management skills including the ability to effectively lead, coach and influence employees
- Able to present clean, organized and thorough information and data appropriate for the intended audience
About the Freight Assembly Center Manager job
Pay, benefits and more:
- Competitive compensation package
- Full health insurance benefits available on day one
- Life and disability insurance
- Earn up to 15 days of PTO over your first year
- 10 paid company holidays
- 401(k) option with company match
- Education assistance
- Opportunity to participate in a company incentive plan
What you’ll do on a typical day:
- Manage a fast-paced nighttime dock operation
- Supervise employees and handle all issues related to their employment and performance
- Plan the daily workforce needs to ensure the most efficient and cost-effective execution of the FAC shift
- Ensure the clean and safe working conditions of the facility and equipment
- Monitor, analyze and implement all opportunities to cut costs and improve efficiencies
- Work closely with other supervisors and managers to provide direction, guidance and coaching to team members, ensuring a positive work environment
- Route proper documentation and oversee procedure control for hazardous material shipments
Freight Assembly Center Managers are required to:
- Frequently lift 50 lbs. and occasionally lift greater than 75 lbs.
- Reach (including above your head), bend, climb, push, pull, twist, squat and kneel
- Walk and stand for extended periods on a loading dock that is not climate-controlled and may be slippery
- Work outdoors in inclement weather
