About the Role
As a Transportation Lead, you will be responsible for managing & shifting labor, coaching & training team members, ensuring the Transportation Team achieves key metrics, and holding the team accountable to Good Eggs policies & standards.
Duties & Responsibilities
- This hands-on role requires you to uplift the team and actively drive improvements to key metrics.
Responsibilities include:- Collaborate with Fulfillment Center Leadership to establish, communicate, and execute measurable operations goals that deliver uncompromised safety, quality, service, and performance results.
- Meet and exceed productivity and performance objectives.
- Provide leadership with feedback on process improvements and employee performance.
- Become a subject matter expert (SME) in your supporting role
- Keep track of shift productivity, overtime, and downtime.
- Spearheaded change and management efforts as processes and policies change.
- Uphold all company values and policies.
- Manage and control the overall warehouse and transportation workflow utilizing ideas and areas for improvement identified by the teams.
- Provide coaching & training for all team members.
- Act as a resource for the team to set them up for success.
- Contribute to a professional, supportive, and collaborative team environment.
- Contribute to developing effective employee training programs resulting in a cross-trained and agile workforce.
- Triage & troubleshoot all issues as they arise with urgency
Qualifications
- High School diploma or equivalent. A college degree is a big plus.
- 1 or more years of warehousing or delivery experience. Experience overseeing delivery operations is a plus.
- Computer skills - data entry, general report generation, spreadsheet design, data manipulation, experience using Apple Mac is a plus
- Great communication skills including telephone skills
- Excellent Time and Attendance
- Active listening with excellent communication skills
- Proficient in English (oral and written)
- Time management skills
- Outstanding organizational and multitasking abilities
- Knowledge of procedures and guidelines for emergencies
- Sound judgment and critical thinking
- Ability to de-escalate tense situations and adapt to an ever-changing environment
- Ability to prioritize duties, think critically, and execute solutions for diverse problems
- Ability to comply with established safety standards
- Ability to work scheduled hours and any required overtime
- Willingness to work outdoors regardless of weather conditions
- Ability to drive and use personal vehicle to take on delivery routes as needed
Physical Requirements
- Must be able to regularly lift, carry, and/or push and/or pull between 30 to 50 pounds.
- Walking: Up to 6 hours per day
- Standing: Up to 6 hours per day
- Ability to work for extended periods of time in refrigeration and a freezer
- (-10F)
- Seating: Up to 6 hours per day
- Reaching: Up, down, or laterally, up to 6 hours per day
- Please be aware that you are required to wear PPE for Covid-19, food safety, local, state, or federal laws, and related PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) as mandated by Company Policy.
Working Conditions
- Work schedule depends on company needs - may change with business
- Some work duties may be performed outdoors.
- Some work duties are performed in an open warehouse, with open dock doors. Temperatures can fluctuate by up to 20 degrees depending on the weather outside.
- Some work duties may be performed in walk-in coolers and freezers (temperatures as low as -10°F)
- Some work duties may include temporary assignments.
$20 - $23 an hour
Why work for Good Eggs?
Work for a purpose-driven company in an incredible work environment with passionate, diverse, and accomplished team members. Our benefits and compensation package is the following for this role:Targeted compensation range: $20/hr -$23/h DOEEquity: 200Vacation Time Paid Sick Time Enrollment after 90 days in our 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (not matching at this time)For employees working 30+ hours per week, Medical, Dental and Vision plansGenerous Parental Leave Life Insurance, AD&D, Short and Long-Term Disability - all eligible employees receive coverage 20% Employee DiscountApply for this job
