Sr. Manager, Domestic Transportation presso Watchpoint Logistics, Inc.

Description

The Senior Manager, Domestic Transportation will lead and mentor a team of transportation professionals focused on delivering exceptional service that meet or exceed customer expectations. This includes ensuring Watchpoint’s customers experience a seamless process with on-time, error-free, and cost-effective deliveries. The position will also be responsible for optimizing Watchpoint’s transportation operations and resource utilization while maintaining compliance with all regulations.

**This is a hybrid position; however, you must be able to reliably commute to our Burlingame, CA office four days a week 

Pay & Perks

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance
• 401k + 4% Company Match
• Vacation, Sick Pay + Holidays
• Employee Assistance Program
• Monthly Team Lunches
• Wellness Program

The starting pay for this position is expected to be $100,000 - $120,000 annually. Exact compensation is based on skills, experience, education, and location.

Sr. Manager of Domestic Transportation Job Duties

• Maintain and enhance work instructions and workflow mapping across freight operations (order receipt, shipment tender, documentation, billing, compliance, customer service).
• Identify bottlenecks, redundancies, and process gaps impacting efficiency or customer satisfaction.
• Oversee all aspects of team management, including hiring, training, performance evaluations, coaching, and development. Foster a positive and productive work environment.
• Monitor quality issues, ensuring timely creation and completion of process review tickets, including thorough root cause analysis and effective corrective actions.
• Optimize Transportation Management System (TMS) and Salesforce and technology solutions to enhance operational performance and productivity. Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of industry best practices and emerging technologies.
• Maintain a strong safety culture and ensure compliance with all relevant regulations, including DOT, FMCSA, State and other applicable laws. 
• Manage carrier and agent performance, routings, and carrier selection, fostering carrier & agent partnerships while identifying cost-saving opportunities.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to create a collaborative environment focused on delivering high-quality service on a consistent and scalable basis.
• Prepare and present regular reports on key performance indicators (KPIs), including service levels, costs, and efficiency metrics. Analyze data to identify trends and opportunities for improvement.

Requirements

• Advanced use of computer systems and applications (e.g. MS Office, TMS) as trained/required.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and project management skills
• Knowledge of customer relationship management software best practices
• Familiarity with Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen, or other process improvement methodologies (certification a plus)
• Experience in delivering world-class customer service skills through problem solving, rapport building, and effectively de-escalating high-pressure conversations with patience and decorum.
• Leads with humility and respects others, promotes a culture of safety, trust and teamwork. Self-regulates emotions, displaying a calm demeanor.
• Communicates with clarity and confidence in customer, executive and team environments. Employs active listening and strong negotiation skills when necessary.
• Uses independent judgment and is able to identify problems, root-cause, and develop effective solutions. Generates new ideas to support change and creatively solves problems.
• Manages priorities and sets productivity expectations. Ensures initiatives are fairly distributed and the team is set to successfully deliver on project objectives. Identifies and takes accountability for meeting KPIs.
• Effectively manages team performance through training, coaching, and feedback.
• Strong leadership and motivational skills in managing diverse teams. Able to delegate tasks and responsibilities, sets clear and impactful goals and holds team members accountable.
• Demonstrated experience with managing human, financial and operational resources resulting in optimization of resources. Strong analytical skills; makes decisions based on long-term payoffs or outcomes.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree plus a minimum of 2 years of managerial experience in transportation or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Physical Requirements

The usual and customary methods of performing the job's essential functions require the following physical demands: operating a computer, remaining stationary for most of the shift, and occasionally moving about the workspace. The person in this position frequently exchanges information using email and other electronic communication methods and must be able to observe and report on communication received via phone and computer.

About Us: At Watchpoint, you will work alongside a small but highly experienced multidisciplinary family, where we value and respect all individual strengths and contributions. Our mission is to be the employer of choice, achieving world class employee and customer satisfaction in the transportation and logistics industry. At Watchpoint, we recognize that employee satisfaction and engagement is the driving force to successfully realizing our Company’s mission. In fact, we continuously rely on employee feedback to understand how to maximize our teams’ professional and personal growth. Every member of our team is a critical component at Watchpoint. 

Watchpoint Logistics, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.

Visit us at https://www.watchpointlogistics.com