Route Driver Supervisor- Indy
About The Position
The Route Supervisor is a secondary leadership position at a depot, supporting the depot manager in overseeing daily route operations. This includes managing route collections, dispatch times, coordinating route shortages, and ensuring route forecasting accuracy. While specific needs may vary, core daily duties involve monitoring cash balances, assisting with floor stock and stale product management, forecasting accuracy, fleet maintenance oversight, expense control, tray tracking, product return verification, end-of-day driver check-out, beginning-of-day adjustment verification, depot maintenance, truck cleanliness, driver appearance, securing retail displays, auditing retail service quality, and assisting with manpower management, including interviews and headcounts. The role also involves providing route coverage during staff shortages.
Requirements
- Leadership experience in a secondary role.
- Understanding of daily route operations.
- Ability to monitor cash balances and collections.
- Experience in managing floor stock.
- Skills in forecasting accuracy.
- Knowledge of fleet maintenance and rental management.
- Ability to control expenses.
- Experience with tray tracking and inventory management.
- Proficiency in verifying returned products.
- Experience with driver check-out procedures and paperwork verification.
- Familiarity with shortage reporting and route adjustments.
- Understanding of depot maintenance and appearance standards.
- Ability to ensure truck cleanliness.
- Knowledge of driver appearance standards.
- Experience in securing retail displays.
- Skills in auditing quality of service.
- Experience in manpower management, including interviewing and headcounts.
- Ability to provide route coverage during shortages.
Responsibilities
- Oversee daily route operations, including collections and dispatch times.
- Support the depot manager in coordinating route shortages and forecasting accuracy.
- Monitor cash balances and collections.
- Assist in managing floor stock and stale product.
- Assist in fleet maintenance, including rental vehicles and costs.
- Assist in minimizing depot expenses.
- Ensure proper tray tracking and counting of empty trays.
- Verify all returned products (fresh or stale) by management.
- Conduct end-of-day driver check-out, ensuring paperwork is signed and verified.
- Verify beginning-of-day adjustments, including shortage reporting and route changes.
- Maintain overall depot appearance and truck cleanliness.
- Ensure driver appearance standards (clean uniforms, professional attire).
- Assist in securing retail displays.
- Audit retail service quality, including days of service.
- Assist in managing manpower, including conducting interviews and headcounts.
- Provide route coverage when short-handed.
- Perform other duties as needed to support depot operations.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
