Transportation Manager

Imperial Dade, a leading North American distributor, has a Transportation Manager role available in Nashville, TN! Join a strong and continuously evolving group, helping to continue to grow our business. If you’re eager for your next opportunity, Imperial Dade is a great place to take that next step.

The Transportation Manager supervises daily transportation activities and personnel to ensure functions are performed according to our standards and guidelines.

You will work from Monday - Friday from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, with the ability to be flexible on work hours/shifts.

Imperial Dade is the leading independently owned and operated distributor of foodservice packaging and janitorial supplies in North America. As a provider of customized supply chain solutions, we serve customers in many business-to-business market segments including restaurants, grocery stores, healthcare, sports and entertainment, and cruise lines. Founded in 1935 and headquartered in New Jersey, Imperial Dade serves as a mission-critical partner to more than 120,000 customers through our footprint of 130+ branches.

**All correspondence will come directly from Imperial Dade and not a personal email address.**

You will:

• Responsible for leading and/or influencing a team to optimal performance. Provide consistent coaching while maintaining morale and the overall development of team members and drivers. 
• Responsible for managing the P&L in the budgeting, forecasting and execution cycles. 
• Responsible for the day-to-day operations 
• Promote a safety culture and ensuring compliance with all laws, regulations and company policies, providing consistent application in all aspects of discipline. Ensures all hiring practices and training is complete and to standard. Enforces driver log accuracy, medical cards/licensing and execution of the company’s policies and standard operating procedures. 

You have:

• Bachelor's degree in logistics, supply chain management, or equivalent work experience

• Previous experience in transportation, preferably with a related industry

• Supervisory experience is strongly preferred

• Class A driver's license is preferred

• Thorough knowledge of material handling equipment and traffic management.

• A good working knowledge of government regulations about transportation.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel.

• A working knowledge of Smartdrive and Roadnet is a plus

We offer a dynamic environment for our more than 7,500 employees to work, learn, and grow professionally. We value our people and strive to create rewarding career opportunities by offering competitive salaries and benefits (medical, dental, vision), a 401(k) program with company match, a shared ownership program, life insurance, a generous paid time off package, educational reimbursement, paid family leave, and adoption assistance. We are excited to invite talented individuals with a passion for excellence to join our team.

Imperial Dade is an EEO Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, status as a parent, national origin, age, disability (physical or mental), family medical history, or genetic information, political affiliation, military service, or other non-merit-based factors.