Viking Coca Cola Logistics Manager

BECOME A PART OF OUR TEAM:

If you're going to wear a team name on your work shirt, make it a WINNING TEAM. Make it one of the most recognized brand names in the World! Imagine being a part of a winning, global team that operates in over two-hundred countries worldwide...with an estimated one-point-eight billion beverages consumed each and every day! Viking Coca-Cola is a family own business, providing Coca-Cola products across Minnesota and western Wisconsin. Interested candidates can apply online by clicking here.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Logistics Manager coordinates the utilization of trucks, trailers, drivers, and containers in order to maximize capacity and productivity, while assuring prompt and effective service to customers.

• Supervises full-time and part-time dispatchers by making recommendations on hiring, training, and disciplinary actions.
• Conducts performance evaluations and provides continual feedback to part-time dispatchers.
• Maintains tracking of the location of all trailers.
• Downloads driver handhelds.
• Reports driver problems to the appropriate department or supervisor for resolution.
• Analyzes the way trucks are loaded, assuring they are within weight restrictions as well as DOT hours.
• Complies with all federal and state transportation laws.
• Plans loading of new accounts onto trucks.
• Responsible for training of personnel.
• Participates in the development of department goals and objectives.
• Assists team members in picking, staging, loading, unloading, rotation and storage of product when needed.
• Promotes and enforces a safe working environment in compliance with OSHA and company policies and procedures with efforts to reduce work-related injuries.
• Jockeys tractors and trailers if needed.
• Reroutes territories and routes to make them the most efficient.
• Runs reports regarding routes current and future.
• Analyzes and reports on information gathered thru GPS.
• Seeks efficiencies in warehouse operations and makes recommendations.
• Conducts maintenance on software used.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Requirements:

• High School Education or Equivalent
• 1-3 years of experience in a warehouse setting
• Previous supervisory experience required

Preferred Qualifications:

• Requires organization skills with strong attention to detail.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks in a high profile and fast paced environment.
• Requires basic math skills.
• Requires basic computer skills including Excel and Word.
• Requires ability to communicate professionally with all levels of the organization.
• Ability to make solid analytical decisions.

We offer a competitive compensation package inclusive of: competitive pay, a full benefit package with health, dental, vision, 401k, and paid time off, plus the satisfaction of knowing you are responsible for supplying over a million people with the best beverages in the world.

To apply click here or in person at:

Viking Coca-Cola Bottling Company

4610 Rusan St N

St Cloud, MN 56303

Viking Coca Cola is proud to be an EEO and Veteran Friendly Employer!