Blue Ridge Beverage Company, Inc., a leading beverage distributor in Central and Southwest Virginia, is looking for a DELIVERY MANAGER. If you are looking for a solid career with a growing company, then we invite you to join our Team!
Full Time, Salaried
Location: Abingdon, VA
Position Benefits
- Paid time off plus 3 scheduled paid holidays
- Bereavement Leave
- Comprehensive Medical Insurance including health, dental, prescription, and vision care
- Basic Life and AD&D Insurance
- Short-term and Long-term Disability
- Flexible Spending Accounts for health care and dependent care
- 401(k) Retirement Plan with some employer contribution
- Employee Assistance Program
General Role Description
Leads, directs, and manages the organization’s fleet and delivery functions at the division level to ensure the safe and efficient delivery of Company products to various customer locations.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Build, lead, and develop a committed team of employees for the delivery function through recruiting, coaching, training, assisting with problem resolution and leading by example.
- Ensure the achievement of delivery business goals for expenses, staffing budget and headcount.
- Ensure proper staffing through scheduling for multi-stop delivery routes while complying with DOT regulations to include driver hours of service and training requirements.
- Periodically audit delivery routes and identify opportunities for efficiency improvements without sacrificing safety and customer service.
- Maintain schedules of preventative maintenance and repairs of fleet to ensure operational efficiency.
- Communicate and coordinate with Warehouse Managers to recommend and implement ideals for improvement to optimize efficiencies.
- Responsible for the learning and development initiatives for the division’s delivery organization, including training and onboarding for new hires and recently licensed. Establishes learning and development goals essential to departmental success and individual employees’ professional and career development.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Relationships & Roles
- Maintains professional internal and external relationships throughout the company.
- Demonstrates a high level of integrity.
- Interacts and collaborates with company employees at all levels in a respectful manner.
- Leads by example, builds trust, values others, holds employees accountable, and communicates effectively with others in a team environment.
- Demonstrates sense of urgency in accomplishing goals and objectives.
- Demonstrates flexibility and ability to work nights and early mornings as training, team-building, and other circumstances dictate.
