Senior Logistics Manager

Senior Logistics Manager

Essex
- Frazer
- Frazer, PA 19355

Position Type Full Time

The Senior Logistics Manager leads transportation execution, private fleet coordination, and logistics administration for Essex Food Ingredients along with FMCSA/DOT compliance oversight for Essex Food Ingredients and Processor's Choice. This role manages Frazer Drivers, Sayreville Drivers, and the Logistics Coordinator, ensuring safe, compliant, cost-effective, and customer-focused delivery performance across locations.

The position reports to the VP of Supply Chain and serves as the primary logistics leader for fleet activity, route performance, driver accountability, transportation issue resolution, and compliance readiness. The role is senior in scope because it supports multiple companies, multiple locations, regulatory risk oversight, and cross-functional process standardization.

Leadership, Management, & Accountability

• Directly manage Frazer Drivers, Sayreville Drivers, and the Logistics Coordinator.
• Set expectations for professionalism, safety, attendance, customer interaction, paperwork accuracy, equipment care, and communication.
• Provide coaching, daily direction, performance feedback, and accountability for results.
• Develop consistent procedures for dispatching, routing, driver check-in, delivery confirmation, exception management, and logistics communication.

Transportation, Fleet & Service Execution

• Partner with warehouse, customer service, purchasing, sales, and operations teams to improve freight planning and customer delivery performance.
• Lead daily delivery execution, dispatch coordination, routing support, load prioritization, and driver communication across Frazer and Sayreville operations.
• Ensure outbound deliveries are completed safely, accurately, on time, and align with customer expectations.
• Monitor fleet utilization, route efficiency, driver productivity, delivery reliability, and service exceptions.
• Resolve delivery disruptions, equipment issues, missed deliveries, customer escalations, and transportation service failures.

FMCSA/DOT Compliance Oversight

• Oversee FMCSA/DOT compliance activities for Essex Food Ingredients and Processor's Choice, including driver qualification files, CDL and medical certification tracking, motor vehicle records, hours-of-service requirements, vehicle inspections, accident documentation, and required regulatory records.
• Coordinate with HR, Safety, Operations, and third-party resources on driver onboarding, annual reviews, compliance documentation, drug and alcohol testing coordination where applicable, and corrective actions.
• Maintain audit readiness for internal reviews, insurance reviews, DOT inquiries, and regulatory compliance checks.
• Promote a proactive safety culture through consistent expectations for safe driving, vehicle inspections, load securement, incident prevention, and driver accountability.

Carrier, Freight and Cost Management

• Evaluate internal fleet and outside carrier options to balance service, cost, capacity, risk, and customer needs.
• Review freight costs, accessorial charges, fuel impacts, routing inefficiencies, and recurring service issues to identify savings and process improvements.
• Track transportation spending, service levels, utilization, compliance completion, and improvement opportunities.

Education/Experience

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• Five or more years of progressive logistics, transportation, fleet, dispatch, or distribution leadership experience.
• Working knowledge of FMCSA/DOT requirements, including driver qualification, hours of service, vehicle inspection, safety, accident documentation, and compliance recordkeeping.
• Experience managing drivers, dispatch activity, route planning, delivery performance, and transportation issue resolution.
• Ability to lead teams, standardize processes, communicate across departments, and use operational data to drive improvement.
• Experience in food ingredients, distribution, manufacturing, or B2B distribution environments preferred
• Advanced knowledge of MS Office (Outlook, Excel, Word, etc. and ERP/TMS/WMS experience

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