Traffic Supervisor

About this role

The Traffic Supervisor is responsible to supervise the daily activities of hourly traffic department employees including overseeing their daily dispatches, deliveries, and routines. Complete DMPS on a nightly basis with knowledge of cube limits and personal availability. Maintain driver qualification files and keep all drivers in Department of Transportation compliance.

What You’ll Do

• Maintain Department of Transportation (D.O.T.) files and records on all drivers.

• Process and maintain driver’s payroll files.

• Audit daily logs and on time deliveries.

• Positive daily communications with customers.

• Maintain positive driver and staff employee relations.

• Responsible for after hours communication with drivers.

• Plan work assignments and equipment allocations to meet transportation and operations goals.

• Direct workers in transportation or related services, such as loading or unloading of materials.

• Review orders, production schedules and shipping or receiving notices to determine work sequences and material shipping dates, types, volumes, or destinations.

• Confer with customers, supervisors, managers, or other personnel to exchange information to resolve problems.

• Dispatch personnel and vehicles in response to reports of emergencies.

• Assist in the planning of transportation routes.

• Responsible for the safety of the department and security of people and resources, accident investigations and loss prevention.

• Inspect or test materials, stock, vehicles, equipment, or facilities to ensure that they are safe, free of defects, and consistent with specifications.

• Other duties as assigned.

Ace Hardware is committed to promoting and maintaining a safe, healthy and injury-free environment for all team members.  This is our number one priority, and we will support programs and initiatives that focus on this commitment.  It is critical that all team members take responsibility for their safety as well as the safety of others to ensure that Ace Hardware is a world class safety organization.

What you need to succeed:

• Be a safety champion by promoting a safe and productive workplace through your own actions, including the proper use of PPE, safe operation of powered equipment and safe lifting techniques as determined by the role.

• Be an active participant in contributing to a successful safety culture in the facility.

• Knowledge of Department Of Transportation rules and regulations.

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent previous experience preferred.

• Ability to work nontraditional hours and schedule.

• Knowledge of Hours of Services rules.

• Familiar with Hazard Material information and regulations.

• Must possess positive employee relation skills and excellent communication skills.

• Excellent communication skills.

• Experienced with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel)

Compensation Details:

$66,000-$82,600 per year.

Why should you join our team?

We live our values - W.E.L.I.G.H.T (Winning, Excellence, Love, Integrity, Gratitude, Humility, and Teamwork). Gratitude. Humility. Love. You don’t often see values like these in most corporate statements, but Ace is different. These things are important to us. They represent our commitment to the company, our employees, to Ace retailers and to the Ace brand.

In addition to providing our employees a great culture, Ace also offers competitive benefits
* that address life’s necessities and perks, many of which expand and improve year after year, including:

• Semi-Monthly Pay

• Incentive opportunities, based on role/grade level (rapid company growth over the past 5 years resulted in incentives being paid out at an average of 122% of your target opportunity!)

• 18 days of vacation immediately available (prorated in the first year) and up to 9 paid holidays depending on the month of hire

• Comprehensive health coverage (medical, dental, vision and disability – up to 26 weeks short-term disability and long-term disability) & life insurance benefits for you and your dependents

• Generous 401(k) retirement savings plan with a fully vested matching contribution for the first year in addition to quarterly contributions and annual discretionary contribution (once eligibility requirements have been met). Over the past 5 years, company…