Sr. Manager, Regional Transportation

Sr Manager, Regional Transportation

Primo Brands is a leading branded beverage company in North America with a focus on healthy hydration. We are proud to offer an extensive and iconic portfolio of highly recognizable, sustainably sourced, and conveniently packaged branded beverages distributed across more than 150,000 retail outlets.

The Sr Manager, Regional Transportation is responsible for oversight of freight and transportation operations in a multistate geographic division. This oversight includes all terminals, carrier performance, personnel, asset utilization, regulatory compliance, safety, cost controls, and communication with the Director of Transportation and Regional Fleet Managers.

Responsibilities:

• Model safe practices and engage team to own a safety culture that focuses on prevention through personal responsibility, peer accountability, and, when necessary, immediate and thorough incident response.
• Provides regional oversight of driver safety, accident investigations, and training.
• Business Owner for national strategic initiatives that functionalize transportation duties while driving organizational efficiency.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with division sales, operations, production, and supply chain departments to ensure teams are working together toward the common goal of customer service while prioritizing deliveries.
• Improve interdepartmental communication by engaging with other departments to further understanding of cross-functional objectives and needs.
• Deliver financial objectives by maximizing productivity through IBT optimization (Driver/Tractor Utilization), 3PL / Dedicated Carrier management, and partnership with the operations, sales, and supply chain departments that delivers premium service to all Primo customers.
• Manages the implementation and performance of Dedicated Transportation fleets.
• Effectively use data to identify opportunity areas and lead team to develop sustainable process controls, productivity initiatives, and gap closure action plans to continuously improve performance without impacting excellence in customer service, quality control, or profitability.
• Responsible for transportation operations activity (inbound and outbound) for all plants, co-packers and warehouses, sales within the Division.
• Responsible for on time delivery of inter branch transfers, customer deliveries, inbound materials and outbound materials.
• Develop and maintain transportation procedures to minimize costs while meeting or exceeding customer expectations.
• Participate in annual budget, preparation of carrier bid package and carrier meetings.
• Develop, track and communicate carrier performance within the Division.
• Lead implementation of nationwide transportation strategies that align with broad company priorities and business plans.
• Prepare for transportation national WOR (Weekly Ops Review) and facilitate division weekly performance KBIs with actions to close any gaps or opportunity areas.
• Prepare for and facilitate period business reviews with team to evaluate division performance and identify and address opportunity areas.
• Prepare for and participate in communicating to senior leadership division performance and action plans to close gaps.
• Through hiring practices, professional development, and leadership, grow the team's technical competence and business acumen and reduce turnover.
• Use formal, documented individual development plans with SMART goals and action plans and provide meaningful feedback to develop supervisors, coordinators, and mechanics that embrace change and are agile and adaptable in meeting customer and business needs.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree is preferred, not required.
• Transportation experience in a large enterprise company with its own Fleet and supervision and/or management.
• Proven leadership in influencing and motivating remote teams.
• Driver qualified to perform safety checkpoints with drivers preferred.
• Strong analytical skill set, proven effectiveness in reporting Experience with Drive-Cam.
• Experience with leading organizational transformation; demonstrated knowledge and use of change management methods and practices.
• Advanced level of competency in computer systems and software, including Microsoft Office
• Experience in financial planning and analysis
• Excellent communication, coaching, and leadership skills
• Ability and willingness to commit to a significant amount of travel in and around region, as needed.

Primo Brands' established portfolio includes billion-dollar brands Poland Spring and Pure Life, premium brands like Saratoga and Mountain Valley, regional leaders such as Arrowhead, Deer Park, Ice Mountain Ozarka, and Zephyrhills, purified brands, Primo Water and Sparkletts, and flavored and enhanced brands like Splash and AC+ION. Our extensive direct-to-consumer offerings and industry-leading line-up of innovative water dispensers create consumer connectivity through recurring water purchases across Water Direct, Water Exchange, and Water Refill.

At Primo Brands, our more than 11,000 associates are at the heart of what we do and deliver on our mission to provide healthy hydration to consumers wherever, however and whenever they want it. We believe in fostering a respectful culture, which values our associates who are deeply invested in quality hydration, our communities, and the sustainability of our packaging and water sources for generations to come.

Primo Brands is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer, seeking to create a welcoming and diverse environment. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law.