Valicor Environmental Services LLC Hiring for Director of Transportation Job at Monroe, OH Full Time

Valicor is a growing, full-service environmental company with locations throughout the Midwest and the South. Through state-of-the-art solutions, Valicor treats millions of gallons of wastewater annually, and services a wide variety of materials. As an ISO 14001 certified organization, Valicor takes great pride in its environmental compliance process.

Director of Transportation

Valicor is looking for a Transportation Program Manager with a strong delivery record and proven project management experience to own strategic, tactical, cross-functional and technology projects and programs within Valicor Operations Transportation. This role requires scoping and creating project plans, developing processes, coordinating and driving execution, and communicating to senior management on status, risks and process/product changes. Cross-team coordination, project management and executive presentation skills are essential.

Basic Duties and Responsibilities

• Manage full lifecycle of complex cross-functional programs with considerable impact across multiple facilities.
• Development of the overall program strategy, tactically driving teams in and outside of your organization to deliver exceptional results.
• Define the program (mission, vision, tenets), set objectives, analyze data and drive improvements that are quantified with metrics.
• Work autonomously in an ambiguous environment, seeking to understand business problems, automation limitations, scaling factors, boundary conditions and reasons behind leadership decisions.
• Partner with teams across the business you support and beyond to source, allocate, and coordinate resources.
• Partner with customers, internal/external teams, and technical teams to determine what projects move forward and in what priority order.
• Oversee gaps between teams, processes and systems, helping teams reduce exposure to classic failure modes (e.g., requirements not sufficiently understood or documented, ineffective cross-team collaboration, long-term impact(s) from projects, insufficient stakeholder review, etc.).
• Solve ambiguous problems and proactively identify and mitigate risks (before they become roadblocks).
• Work with Regional Directors, General Managers, Fleet Managers, Sales Leaders, and executive team to communicate and impact critical business initiatives.
• Develop, implement, and govern KPI reporting for the overall transportation operations, providing visibility to the milestones, and performance across all plant level transportation activities.
• Engage all facilities nationally to share best practices and improve end to end outcomes for customers.
• Roll up your sleeves and do whatever is necessary; general manager / owner mentality.
• Create, communicate, and manage budget for projects.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, Transportation Logistics, or related field
• 5+ years of experience in program management, logistics, operations, supply chain, or transportation or equivalent professional or military experience.
• Demonstrated experience leading and owning cross-functional programs.
• Experience handling changing priorities and using good judgment when working in stressful situations.
• Demonstrated experience owning the design, implementation, and optimization of initiatives.
• Experience with data mining and data analysis, including a demonstrated ability to dive deep into the value streams of the business and the competitive landscape.
• Experience with Transportation Management Software Systems.
• Experience using Microsoft Excel including pivot tables, macros, index/match, v-lookup, VBA, data links, etc.

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA/MS and work experience in transportation management for a region or country highly desired.
• Practical application of transportation management methodology including PMP/Lean Six Sigma/Kaizen.

Valicor is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. We strongly encourage women, minorities, individuals with disabilities and veterans to apply.