Dock lead vs transportation supervisor

Differences between dock lead and transportation supervisor duties and responsibilities

Dock lead example responsibilities.

• Help manage an accurate, revolving FIFO inventory and rigorously investigate any discrepancies.
• Head business needs such as budget balancing, cash reconciliation, processing deposits, and performing POS audits.
• Oversee the day-to-day operations of the hub and collaborate with team to provide the best possible service to customers.
• Load orders into trailers for shipment; coordinate cross-dock operations and load consolidations.
• Develop and maintain ISO level of operation guidelines and metrics including communication to internal and external customers.

Transportation supervisor example responsibilities.

• Manage relationships with outside FTL and LTL carriers to secure the best transportation rates for warehouse customer's.
• Direct employees in identifying and correcting any unsafe conditions, eliminate avoidable accidents and improve department performance manage KPI's.
• Create and lead a team of internal and external partners to move land invoices from paper transmission to electronic EDI transmission.
• Charge with managing contracts for non-emergency and emergency transportation of Medicaid and Medicare members.
• Manage inventory of inbound ocean containers, coordinate and schedule TL operations, supervise yard hostlers and manage outbound trailer traffic.
• Coordinate with medical clinicians to identify veterans in need of transportation services.
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