Ensuring Johnsonville’s delicious sausage products are delivered accurately and on time to customers nationwide requires a commitment to detail and precision. As a member of our logistics team, you must be detail-oriented but also be able to see the big picture – to ensure all elements of the supply chain process are considered and accounted for during the distribution process.

Johnsonville, LLC

Fleet Dispatcher

Position Overview:

Johnsonville has a commitment to become the best company in the world by offering the highest quality products and maintaining a work environment that requires personal growth and superlative performance by each member. We are looking for an organized, critical thinker, with a passion for developing people to join the Transportation Team as a Fleet Dispatcher (Fleet Driver Coach).

The role of the Fleet Dispatcher (Fleet Driver Coach) is to plan, safely dispatch and manage driver events. The Driver Coach will drive safety, service and truck revenue through cooperation and candor with drivers and team members. Bring your experience to our Transportation team to influence, direct and develop the future for Johnsonville’s Fleet!

Responsibilities:

• Support and participate in safety initiatives and goal attainment
• Coach, develop and empower Fleet Drivers
• Execute/manage day-to-day dispatch operation including scheduling, asset maintenance and service levels in compliance with hours-of-service regulations
• Build constructive relationships with internal and external customers
• Identify and implement cost savings opportunities/perform route analysis
• Identify service improvement opportunities and implement corrective actions
• Support standard operating procedures (SOPs) supporting cohesive business rules and expectations
• Other duties as assigned

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Transportation Supply Chain, Business or related field is preferred

Experience:

• Previous experience in transportation, driver management/dispatch required
• Experience in refrigerated truckload and multi-stop shipments preferred
• Knowledge of food safety regulations e.g., Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) preferred
• Applied knowledge of DOT regulations.

Skills and Competencies:

• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office applications
• Experience in using Transportation Management Systems (TMS) is preferred e.g., E2OPEN
• Ability to create strategic and tactical plans
• Demonstrated ability in leading a team and creating an environment of ownership
• Demonstrated ability to coach and develop others
• Demonstrated drive in achieving results, taking calculated risks and innovation
• Coachable, self-starter that can manage competing priorities with attention to detail

Date: August 11, 2023

Location: Countryside – Sheboygan Falls, WI

(Our office is about an hour north of Milwaukee)

Coach: Fleet Operations Coordinator

(We don’t have bosses at Johnsonville. We have Coaches. They are there to help you develop your talents. They cannot make you run laps.)

Member Status: Full Time, Salaried

(At Johnsonville, you are not an employee. You are a Member and, yes, Membership has its privileges – like the ability to buy sausage at great discounts. Our more traditional benefits are great, too.)

Travel: As needed, i.e., regional meetings, professional organizational conferences

About our Company

Since 1945, our family-owned band of sausage-makers has invented better ways to make, eat and prepare crave-able sausage. Today, we are 3,000 Members strong. We sell our famous sausage in all 50 United States and more than 40 countries. We have a culture built on the idea that if we make developing your talents our top priority, great business results will follow naturally. We call it The Johnsonville Way. It has been our secret sauce for decades, and we hope you get to experience it for yourself!

How to Apply:

Internal Members: Log into Home Page - The Grill (johnsonville.com). Click on the MemberCentral app (left maroon sidebar) then click on the “Home” drop down and click “Careers” to apply for the position titled "Fleet Driver Coach.” Please apply by August 18, 2023.

External candidate: Apply on-line only at: careers.johnsonville.com

We value the diversity of our workforce and we embrace the principles of Equal Opportunity Employment. M/F/Vet/Disability

Johnsonville values the service Veterans and their family members have given to our country. We support the hiring of returning service members and military spouses.