Responsibilities
- Responsible for establishing, maintaining, and communicating movement schedules to all pertinent individuals including, but not limited to, field staff, contract haulers and plants.
- Work with all parties to ensure product specific actions are met throughout all phases of delivery.
- Responsible for ongoing measurement of key performance metrics and for establishing action for continuous improvement.
- Will work with animal welfare, field staff, producers, truckers, and plants on issues that arise regarding animal handling and transport.
- Will partner with the grow finish team, pig flow specialist and regional director to develop strategies to minimize freight costs and improve efficiencies.
- Responsible for creating, implementing, and auditing the SOP’s and policies that pertain to function for the position.
- These functions pertain to but are not limited to biosecurity, truck washes, trailer requirements, driver requirements and site management related to the delivery and shipment of swine.
- Responsible for managing processes to ensure that PQA and TQA guidelines are being met or exceeded.
- Responsible for managing all Midwest Region internal transport staff.
- Manage the P&L of Midwest Internal Transport Department.
- Responsible for diagnosing preventive maintenance as it pertains to the truck wash related facilities.
- Manage all Midwest region freight pay (paid weekly) for externally hauled wean pigs, gilts and cull sows.
- Oversee the cull sow sort floor (Bluff Bottom – 1 team member) for Midwest region.
- Responsible for managing all contract hauler relationships, including, but not limited to contracts, regulatory compliance, and safety.
- Must understand pig flow at all levels of the system including weaned pig and feeder pig/overstock movements.
- All other duties as assigned by manager.
Requirements
- Extensive knowledge of logistics or commercial swine production.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, and related software.
- Accessible outside of normal working hours.
- Ability to effectively communicate orally and in writing in a positive manner.
- Must be self-driven, and self-motivated, and comfortable with limited daily direction.
Nice to Have
- Bachelor’s degree in agriculture or logistics field.
- 2 years’ experience related to this position.
- Internal experience and knowledge
Compensation
$58k+ DOE
Work Arrangement
On-site
Team
Structure: Manages Midwest Region internal transport staff and oversees cull sow sort floor (1 team member).
Additional Information
- This is an “on call” position, meaning that the individual in this role must be accessible outside of normal working hours.
- General climate-controlled office environment
- Required to be able to operate all office equipment, sit for long periods with extended computer work sessions.
- Temperatures at work sites will vary depending upon season and location.
- Exposure to various elements inherent with agriculture production
- The noise level in the work environment is generally moderate.
- Drug, alcohol and background checks for all new team members post-offer and prior to the start of employment.
- Verification of employment eligibility must be documented for all new employees by the end of the third day of work.
