Outbound Dock Supervisor

Southeastern Freight Lines•Dallas, TX

5d•Onsite

About The Position

As an Outbound Dock Supervisor at Southeastern Freight Lines, you will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of dock operations, including supervising and coordinating dock associates and yard activities. Your role will involve managing the routing of shipments, as well as the loading and unloading of freight. A key part of your duties will be to ensure timely closure of Pickup & Delivery (P&D) units, handle special customer requests efficiently, and guarantee the timeliness of inbound close-outs. You will also be accountable for the quality of P&D loading, ensuring accuracy in stops, weight, and load conditions to meet error-free standards for P&D Drivers. Furthermore, you will implement and maintain effective loss prevention plans within the Service Center, collaborating with relevant personnel and utilizing process improvement methodologies. You will be responsible for the integrity of P&D loads originating from the Service Center, with a focus on continuous improvement. Strategic planning of warehouse and storage area layouts, considering factors like turnover, size, and weight, will also fall under your purview. You will determine work procedures, prepare schedules, expedite workflow, assign duties, and ensure work conforms to policies and procedures. Finally, you will be responsible for identifying and mitigating significant risks. Southeastern Freight Lines, a family-founded company established in Columbia, South Carolina in 1950, is a privately held, industry-leading provider of LTL services across the Southeast. The company boasts over $1.7 billion in annual revenue, handles over 10 million shipments per year, and employs over 8,800 professionals. Southeastern emphasizes a culture of serving others first, valuing employees, and ethical conduct, aiming to pioneer a new generation of logistics professionals while honoring its heritage and contributing to communities.

Requirements

High School Diploma or GED
At least 2 years of dock or leadership experience or completion of Southeastern’s Management Training Program

Responsibilities

Oversee dock operations
Supervise and coordinate the activities of dock associates assigned to the dock and/or yard
Oversee the routing of shipments and loading/unloading of freight
Establish necessary Control to ensure that Pickup & Delivery (P&D) units are closed at agreed-upon times and special customer requests are handled on time every time
Ensure inbound close-out is made to ensure timeliness
Responsible for P&D loading. This includes the amount of stops, amount of weight, and conditions of load where P&D Drivers meet the requirements of error-free work
Responsible for practicing an effective loss prevention plan in the Service Center, through combined efforts of Service Center personnel, cargo claims/loss prevention or designee, and using process improvement as the method of development and execution
Maintain responsibility and accountability for integrity of P&D loads originating at the Service Center with a commitment towards continuous measurable improvement
Plan layout of warehouse and other storage areas, considering turnover, size, weight, and related factors of items stored
Determine work procedures, prepare work schedule, and expedites workflow
Assign duties and examine work for exactness, neatness, and conformance to policies and procedures
Responsible for maintaining attention on any significant risks and implementing adequate control