Transportation Solutions Supervisor

Transportation Solutions Supervisor - DHL Supply Chain

Join our logistics company to help products get from point A to point

B. You’ll become an essential part of everyday life by contributing to an organization that connects people and improves lives.

• Direct day‑to‑day and weekly activities within the assigned area, providing leadership, motivation, training, and development of the workforce.
• Supervise coordinators and planners to deliver on objectives with customer shipments, including daily load planning, receipt of load tenders, and appointment coordination.
• Oversee communication to internal and external customers and drive consistency.
• Ensure a safe, secure, clean and fair work environment for associates.
• Deliver associate orientation, training, performance reviews, and development.
• Ensure associates have proper access to tools and those tools are inspected and maintained.
• Oversee yard and shuttle operations.
• Lead focus on productivity improvements, improving processes and efficiency.
• Participate in workshop action plans, projects and best‑practice sharing.
• Identify and execute continuous improvement opportunities that improve financial performance and service levels.
• Plan, manage, and adjust daily workload and staffing to minimize unplanned overtime.
• Ensure shift/workload planning and volume forecasting routines are accomplished.
• Plan exception route planning, validate load plans, and ensure carrier selections are honored.
• Coordinate carrier pickup times and provide shipment plans to the distribution center.
• Communicate exceptions with internal and external stakeholders, ensuring consistency and timely resolution.
• Enforce company policies across safety, accounting, operational, regulatory, and administrative areas.
• Maximize quality and productivity by understanding job standards, evaluating performance, and identifying root causes and corrective actions.

• Effectively communicate SOPs and key information during pre‑shift meetings and hand‑offs.
• Maintain a professional environment with external customers and vendors.
• Provide consistent communication for all customer interactions.
• Execute daily customer/vendor contract requirements and identify accessorial activities.
• Participate in collecting performance measurements consistent with customer, vendor, and site requirements.

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience (preferred).
• Operations background (required).
• 2+ years in logistics or transportation industry (required).
• 1–3 years in a lead/supervisor/management role (preferred).

Our Organization offers a business‑casual environment, teamwork, associate development, training, and continuous improvement. Competitive wages, health, dental, vision, life insurance, 401K, paid vacation and holidays are available.

Our Organization is an equal‑opportunity employer.

Location:

Duncan, SC | Salary: $62,500.00 - $76,000.00