Description

Join Cavalier's team to manage a great team and be a part of a fun and exciting craft beer industry. As Ohio's premiere craft beer distributor with a strong portfolio of brands, we are seeking an aggressive, passionate, self-starting individual, who has what it takes to join our winning management team.

The Driver Supervisor is responsible for overseeing the delivery drivers and the fleet vehicles. The manager will ensure that drivers are hired, trained, and deployed in a manner that ensures effective and efficient delivery of all orders. Additionally, the manager will ensure that delivery fleet is appropriately maintained to ensure safety, reliability and appearance.

Principle Responsibilities:

• Productively manage the company’s trucks, trailers and freight on your fleet. Should be monitored daily.
• Build great Driver relationships to accomplish goals as a team
• Ensure all drivers are delivering to accounts on time, loading/unloading delays, weather delays, breakdowns or anything that may interfere with scheduled appointments.
• Proactively communicate potential service issues to the appropriate parties. If needed, implement corrective action plan
• Make executive decisions for your drivers and get them everything they need.
• Monitor drivers hours as well as motivate the driver to perform their duties.
• Maintains professional telecommunication contact with drivers and others as necessary to facilitate timely and accurate delivery of product.
• Multi-tasking- balancing multiple issues regarding driver needs, dispatching loads, safety concerns, customer service, breakdown and many others
• Be able to bring ideas and work with minimal supervision, be able to take simple directions and provide detailed solutions.
• Driver manager will drive routes as needed based on business needs.

KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/ABILITES:

• Driver Manager must have the ability to communicate effectively in verbal and written form with a strong customer service orientation.
• Basic understanding of Cavalier Distributing products. (Become a craft beer expert!)
• Solid typing and computer skills; detail oriented
• Ability to adapt to change in a fast-growing production environment.
• Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously; very fast pace
• Ability to use smartphones and personal computers
• Ability to manage, at times, stressful situations while maintaining good customer service / professional relations.

Benefits:

• Paid Time Off
• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Health, Dental & Vision Insurance
• Health Reimbursement Account
• Accident, Critical Illness, Life and Short-term Disability
• Company paid Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Reimbursement Program for Craft Beer Purchases
• Education Savings Plan (529 Plan)

Requirements

• 3-5 years of relevant experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Operations or a related field is a plus.
• Previous work experience driving box trucks strongly preferred.
• Experience supervising others strongly preferred.
• Strong analytical capabilities, with an attention to detail.
• Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal skills.
• Strong technical skills, particularly with Microsoft Outlook and Excel. Experience with Encompass is ideal.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and talk or hear.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Ability to operate and use all equipment necessary to fill orders.
• Ability to handle product generally weighing 0 - 165 pounds.
• Ability to bend and stoop.