Transcon Manager

Company Description “We’re not in the shipping business; we’re in the information business” -Peter Rose, Expeditors Founder Global supply chain management is what we do, but at the heart of Expeditors you will find professionalism, leadership, and a friendly environment, all of which foster an innovative, customer service-based approach to logistics. 15,000 trained professionals 250+ locations worldwide Fortune 500 Globally unified systems Job Description Department Manager manage the department and leads the team to achieving flawless operational execution, developing a strong and reliable team infrastructure, technical expertise, knowledgeable and promotable personnel while constantly driving efficiency, profitability and growth contributing our Vision and Mission Statement, making our promise real to all our employees and customers. Key Deliverables Proactively monitor key metrics to achieve expected results, department excellence above 90%: People - Total Commitment to Employee Satisfaction & Development. Timely & Valuable Performance Reviews every 12 months and 1:1s every 3 months. Team members to complete mandatory and 52-hrs. training per year/4.33 per month. Operational Excellence - Drive Customer Satisfaction through Execution & Transparency. Operational performance KPI above 90%. Product OPA Audit Result. Finance - Relentless Pursuit of Efficiency driving capacity, productivity (Increase SPP & Reduce EPS). OIBB Growth – 10% increase year over year and Ratio R:E = 2:1 Minimum. Increase department Shipment Count - 10% year over year. A/R within terms – 100% of A/R within 30 days of customers’ credit terms. Reserves - No Reserves (A/R, Provisions, Intercompany). Reduce EPS (Expense per Shipment). Customers Revenue Growth – 10% increase year over year. 5% revenue diversification (New Business). 5% of New Revenue every year (New Logo). Customer Loyalty – Business reviews every 3 months score 100%. Customer Meetings – At least 8 face to face meetings per month. Customer Retention 100%. Administration and Personnel Management: Exemplify and Teach Our Culture, Mission and Goals. Follow the 10 Critical Success Factors and the ‘What’s expected of a Manager’ guidelines. Servant Leadership mindset. Use team feedback to adapt and maximize the leadership capacities. Ensure that department is properly staffed, structured and organized and interview regularly. Ensure all needs and tools required are available for the Department to be successful in all areas. Support your team and help them develop their careers through to the next level of account management or other positions within Expeditors. Engage with team members daily, conduct check-in meetings regularly assisting them with ongoing feedback, coaching and mentoring. Be visionary as it relates to managing staff, processes and tools to be able to handle volume spikes, growth locally or supporting other branches. Define and establish a structure to cover operational needs of the dept., considering future growth. Own your self-development. Prepare, follow-up and execute on your personal development goals. Build healthy cross-functional relationship and work environment, promote team spirit and cohesiveness in the department. Ensure that company controls, policies, procedures, processes are understood and complied with. Support all Employee Satisfaction initiatives. Manage capacity and resource needs for the department. Define, execute and update department TBP, goals, drive execution and monitor the progress. Operations Key Responsibilities: Effectively manage and monitor service execution within the Transcon department, leading and assisting our relentless pursuit of efficiency and operational excellence: Performance Management: Ensure oversight, including self-assessments and daily, weekly and monthly performance monitoring so that issues (root cause) are resolved proactively. Exception Management: Re…

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