Transportation Manager / Backup Delivery Driver

Bread Lounge – Los Angeles, CA

Position: Full-Time
Shift: 4:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Schedule: 5 days per week, including weekends as scheduled. Our business operates 7 days a week.

About Us

Bread Lounge is a wholesale bakery in Los Angeles, supplying fresh bread and pastries daily to restaurants, cafés, grocery stores, and other businesses throughout Southern California.

We are looking for an experienced, reliable, and hands-on Transportation Manager to oversee our delivery operations, manage our team of drivers, coordinate daily routes, and maintain our delivery fleet.

This is a hands-on management position that requires strong organizational skills, accountability, and the ability to step in as a delivery driver when necessary.

Key Responsibilities

Driver Management & Operations

• Supervise delivery drivers and oversee daily delivery operations.
• Review driver reports, attendance, and delivery performance.
• Prepare weekly driver schedules and arrange coverage for absences.
• Address driver-related issues, delivery delays, and customer complaints.
• Ensure drivers follow company policies, assigned routes, and customer delivery instructions.
• Monitor deliveries and resolve operational problems promptly.

Route Planning & Administration

• Prepare and organize daily delivery routes.
• Review new customer requests and delivery changes received by email.
• Set up new customers in the delivery system and assign them to appropriate routes.
• Create and update customer delivery instructions.
• Maintain accurate route, driver, and delivery records.
• Coordinate with the packing department to ensure efficient delivery operations.

Fleet Maintenance

• Inspect delivery vehicles as drivers return from their routes.
• Review daily vehicle inspection reports and identify maintenance needs.
• Schedule preventive maintenance and coordinate repairs.
• Take vehicles to repair shops when necessary.
• Maintain accurate vehicle maintenance and service records.
• Ensure all vehicles are safe, clean, and ready for the following day's deliveries.

Backup Delivery Driver

• Personally cover delivery routes when drivers call out sick or are unavailable.
• Respond to urgent delivery issues and unexpected driver absences.
• Become familiar with all company delivery routes and procedures.
• Be available for emergency driver coverage when required.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in transportation management, dispatching, logistics, or delivery operations.
• Experience supervising and scheduling delivery drivers.
• Valid driver's license and clean driving record.
• Experience driving commercial delivery vans or box trucks.
• Strong organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Comfortable using computers, email, and routing software.
• Ability to work independently and handle multiple responsibilities.
• Reliable, punctual, and able to work early morning shifts.
• Must be available to work weekends and holidays as scheduled.
• Willing and able to perform delivery duties and handle vehicle maintenance coordination.

What We're Looking For

We need someone who takes full ownership of the transportation department, holds drivers accountable, proactively addresses vehicle maintenance issues, and ensures that all deliveries run smoothly.

This position is ideal for someone who combines strong management skills with a hands-on approach and is not afraid to step in and get the job done.