Penske

Diversified transportation, logistics, and motorsports provider

Operations Manager/Senior Operations Manager - Supply Chain/Logistics

Logistics & TransportationPosted on Nov 11

Full-timeFullerton, CA, USA

About the Job

Requirements

At least 5 years of related logistics and supply chain experience is required.
At least 3 years of managerial or supervisory experience is required.
A high school degree or equivalent is required.
Proficiency with Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint is required.
Strong written and oral communication and organizational skills are required.
Regular, predictable, full attendance is essential.
Candidates must be willing to travel as necessary, work the required schedule and specific location, complete the Penske employment application, and submit to a background investigation covering past employment, education, and criminal history, as well as drug screening.
The associate must be able to read, communicate verbally and in writing, remember and analyze information, and understand instructions or guidelines.
The associate may need to stand, walk, and sit; frequently use hands to touch, handle, and feel; reach with hands and arms; and occasionally lift or move up to 25 pounds/12 kilograms.
The associate must have close, distance, and peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Responsibilities

Provide tactical direction and leadership to staff to ensure customer requirements are met while achieving Penske goals and objectives.
Maintain a professional approach while supporting solutions that achieve contractual obligations.
Build relationships with the customer's logistics manager to facilitate operational stability.
Ensure supervisors understand how their work relates to customer business objectives.
Interview and hire associates up to supervisor level, conduct exit interviews as needed, recognize and reward associate achievements, and develop direct reports through training and succession planning.
Interact daily with local customers to understand existing and emerging needs.
Use the team to identify operational improvements in route optimization, carrier selection, backhauls, trailer loading, inventory accuracy, and warehouse operations.
Collaborate with other Penske sites to share best practices and leverage resources and assets.
Develop and execute the annual financial and operating plan, manage operations to meet or exceed business plan targets, and address issues with operating metrics and profit and loss.
Ensure customer billings, associate payroll, payables, intercompany charges, and other activities are prepared accurately and reflected correctly in the profit and loss.
Monitor and improve accident frequency; ensure associates understand safety responsibilities; proactively identify and correct unsafe conditions, processes, and behaviors; and ensure compliance with regulatory agencies and company policies and procedures.
Track and record value delivered to the customer, identify profitable business opportunities, and use metrics to maximize customer efficiencies and achieve cost savings.
Monitor and improve fleet and equipment utilization and fuel efficiency, contribute to equipment specifications at startup and renewal, and build working relationships with the local PTL district and equipment vendors.
Complete other projects and tasks as assigned by the supervisor.

Desired Qualifications

A bachelor's degree is strongly preferred.

Position Summary:

Provide tactical direction and leadership to staff to ensure customer requirements are met while meeting our Penske goals and objectives. Maintain a professional approach while supporting the solution enabling achievement of all contractual obligations. Create and foster a relationship with the customer's logistics manager to facilitate operational stability.

This position may be specific to one customer or group of customers with similar needs.

Schedule - Monday - Friday 8am-5pm Must be flexible based on business needs.

10-25% Travel Required

Salary Range - $97,800.00 - $132,300.00 plus bonus potential

Company service vehicle included

Experience: Transportation management background, strong communicator, goal oriented, detail oriented, demonstrated leadership skills

Major Responsibilities:

People:

-Ensure that all supervisors understand how their work relates to the customers' business objectives, Interview and hire all associates up to supervisor level. Conduct exit interviews as needed, Build engagement by expressing pride in the group where the goals are met and recognize and reward associates for their achievements, Develop direct reports through training and succession planning.

Operations:

-Interact daily with our local customer to ensure we understand existing and emerging customer needs, Utilize team to identify operational improvements in areas such as route optimization, carrier selection, backhauls, trailer loading, inventory accuracy and warehouse operations, Collaborate with other Penske sites to share best practices, leverage resources/assets, etc.

Finance:

-Develop and execute annual financial and operating plan, Manage the operation with integrity to meet or exceed the Business Plan targets, Identifies issues with the operating metrics and P&L and responds accordingly, Ensure customer billings and associate payroll are prepared timely and accurately, the payables and intercompany charges are valid and correct, and all other activities are accurately reflected in the P&L.

Safety:

-Monitor and improve accident frequency, Ensure each associate understands their individual role and responsibilities, as well as the group's role and responsibilities required to achieve and maintain a safe work place, Proactively identify and correct unsafe conditions, work processes, and behaviors, Ensure compliance with all applicable regulatory agencies and company policies and procedures.

Growth / Customer Experience:

-Execute a process to track and record value delivered to the customer, Identify and seize profitable business opportunities, Utilize available metrics to monitor and maximize customer efficiencies and achieve cost savings.

Fleet/Assets:

-Monitor and improve fleet/equipment utilization and fuel efficiency, Contribute to equipment specification at time of start-up and renewal, Build a strong working relationship with local PTL district and other equipment vendors.

Other projects and tasks as assigned by supervisor

Qualifications:

-5+years related logistics and supply chain experience required

-At least 3 years managerial or supervisory experience required

-High School degree or equivalent required

-Bachelor's Degree strongly preferred. Degree will be required for advancement to most positions.

-Proficiency with computers including Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, Access, and Powerpoint required

-Strong written/oral communication and organizational skills are required

-Regular, predictable, full attendance is an essential function of the job

-Willingness to travel as necessary, work the required schedule, work at the specific location required, complete Penske employment application, submit to a background investigation (to include past employment, education, and criminal history) and drug screening required.

Physical Requirements:

-The physical and mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

-The associate will be required to: read; communicate verbally and/or in written form; remember and analyze certain information; and remember and understand certain instructions or guidelines.

-While performing the duties of this job, the associate may be required to stand, walk, and sit. The associate is frequently required to use hands to touch, handle, and feel, and to reach with hands and arms. The associate must be able to occasionally lift and/or move up to 25lbs/12kg.

-Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

Penske is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

About the Company

Penske

Diversified transportation, logistics, and motorsports provider

Penske provides a range of transportation services, including retail automotive sales and service, truck leasing and rental, and logistics solutions, plus professional motorsports activities. Its offerings work through distinct units: Penske Automotive Group sells and services vehicles, Penske Truck Leasing rents and maintains trucks with fleet management, and Penske Logistics handles end-to-end supply chain services. The company differentiates itself by operating multiple transportation and entertainment businesses under one private global umbrella, enabling cross-sell opportunities and large-scale coordination. Its goal is to deliver reliable, end-to-end transportation and logistics solutions for individuals and businesses worldwide while growing its diversified portfolio and leveraging scale.

Company size: 501-1,000
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: Bellflower, CA
Founded: 1969

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