Transportation Supervisor at gategroup in West Palm Beach, FL, USA

Job description

• We’re looking for motivated, engaged people to help make everyone’s journeys better.
• The position is responsible for supervising employees (drivers and driver assistants) that coordinate services between the kitchen and drivers and controls activities on the dock.
• If you want to be part of a team that helps make travel and culinary memories, join us!

Responsibilities

• Ensures quality production standards are maintained for all accounts
• Responsible for obtaining control sheets and making assignments for team drivers to flights daily
• Checks dock area to ensure that employees have required equipment and that trucks leave according to scheduled dock departure
• Checks that all teams are catering correct aircraft and flights
• Ensures that all employees are in compliance with safety procedures and Airport Transport Authority badging requirements
• Works with management staff to improve performance of the unit
• Assists teams with late flights and equipment changes
• Responsible for getting information from airlines on service requirements and updates
• Maintains radio contact with Operations Manager, meal planer and leads during operation
• Conducts regular checks of the kitchen to ensure no equipment was left behind after flights leave the kitchen
• Responsible for security and proper transportation of galleys and maintaining cleanliness of vehicles
• Responsible for safety, quality and compliance with customer specifications and regulatory requirements and company policies and procedures.
• Ensures specifications, airline diagrams, and other standards are accurate according to the airline specifications.
• Ensures that all products are coded according to Gate Gourmet procedures.
• Works with maintenance staff to ensure preventive maintenance of machinery and fleet according to schedules, reports maintenance and repair issues in timely manner.
• Maintains Company policies and procedures as well as specification books for airline customers
• Maintains all financial goals related to material, productivity, overtime, and labor goals
• Prepares management reports (ex. attendance, HAACCP and labor) as required.
• Responsible for supervising drivers and driver assistants
• Responsible for performance evaluation, coaching, counseling and preparing corrective action for employees and liaises appropriately with HR and other support functions.
• Manages work flow balancing - - the division of responsibilities amongst employees on each shift including assignment of responsibilities and workstations.
• Manages daily manpower planning including assignment of responsibilities and workstations.
• Determines when and whether to call employees in to cover staffing needs (ex. sick calls, vacation relief, medical leaves, volume changes, etc.)
• In conjunction with department leaders determines number of employees needed by shift
• Ensures compliance with company Wage & Hour policy, including ensuring employees get the rest & meal breaks and ensuring company processes are followed.
• Trains and monitors employees on proper work procedures to ensure maximum productivity with minimum labor and food expenses.
• Monitors daily manpower planning and schedules employees.
• Responsible for employee retention and reducing employee turnover.
• Responsible for coaching, counseling and preparing corrective actions for employees in compliance with the applicable union/collective bargaining agreement(s).
• Reviews and ensures employees in chain of command are in correct cost centers and correct job titles.
• Reviews and ensures union represented employees’ pay rates are correct based on wage scales and seniority.
• (note: this should only apply to OP73 and OP78) Ensures employees complete all company required training including but not limited to ServSafe
• Compliance with all company required policies, procedures and processes including but not limited to required training

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Associates degree preferred.
• 2+ years supervisory experience working in a high volume, manufacturing, food production, and restaurant or catering environment or equivalent experience in the related field preferred
• Technical Skills: (Certification, Licenses and Registration)
• Must have strong and effective leadership skills, and the ability to successfully manage a staff of 30+ hourly employees.
• Current or previous labor relations experience is a plus, but not required.
• Candidate must be comfortable with all levels of employees and have the ability to drive positive program change.
• Ability to train others required.
• Must have the ability to give negative and positive feedback to employees on a daily basis.
• Excellent time management skills required. Ability to handle multiple tasks without losing focus on priorities.
• Strong organizational, analytical, communication and leadership skills required.
• Must be innovative and have the ability to make changes to the operation as needed to further improve the work environment and unit performance.
• Basic computer skills with working knowledge of Microsoft Office products required.
• Ability to obtain ServSafe Certification required.
• Expresses oneself clearly and effectively when speaking and writing to individuals and groups; listening attentively and insuring communication is understood by all parties involved
• Bi-lingual in English and Spanish/Chinese Mandarin/ Vietnamese/Hindi/Polish a plus.

Skills

Required

• Ability to train others required.

Preferred

• ServSafe Certified preferred

Benefits

• · Paid time off
• · 401k, with company match
• · Company sponsored life insurance
• · Medical, dental, vision plans
• · Voluntary short-term/long-term disability insurance
• · Voluntary life, accident, and hospital plans
• · Employee Assistance Program
• · Commuter benefits
• · Employee Discounts
• · Free hot healthy meals for unit operations role
• • $55,000.00 /Per Year