TRANSPORTATION/ASST MANAGER
Los Angeles, CAJob$70–123K/yrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 4 days ago
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Job overview
The Transportation Assistant Manager supports the day-to-day operation of the Transportation Department, including delivery performance, driver scheduling and timecards, safety, and coordination with stores and drivers. The role handles union issues and special projects, and may cover for the Manager. It also supervises and coaches direct reports and completes performance reviews. The position requires varied shifts and may involve work at other site locations.
Skills & qualifications
Skills
Qualifications
Full job description
Responsible for the day-to-day operation of the Transportation Department. Demonstrate the company’s leadership model behaviors and the core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety.
RESPONSIBILITIES
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Oversee the daily operation of the department to insure on time delivery to the stores
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Responsible to promote and insure all members practice safety in the workplace and on the road
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Responsible for driver schedules, requests for days off
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Responsible for providing accurate timely information with regard to driver timecards
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Work with stores and drivers to reduce dwell time and improve overall performance
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Handle Union issues that arise
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Handle special projects or take over for the Manager in the event of absence
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Supervise and coach direct reports in the performance of their duties; complete performance reviews and provides feedback to direct reports
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Ability to work cooperatively in high paced and sometimes stressful environment
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Ability to manage conflict in a reasonable, nonconfrontational and cooperative manner
Ability to act with honesty and integrity regarding customer and business information
- Ability to follow directions and seek assistance when necessary to resolve customer and business issues
Provide support and assistance through direct interaction with minors, individuals with special needs, and/or older adults
- Must be able to perform the essential functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation
QUALIFICATIONS Minimum
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Good oral and written communication skills
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Ability to read, write and speak English
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Possess good phone etiquette
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Possess good public relation skills
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Detail oriented/well organized.
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Knowledge of word processing software
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Knowledge of DMV rules and regulations a plus
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DOT experience desirable
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Willing to work at other site locations where applicable
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Ability to work varied shifts/varied hours/varied days
Desired
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Supervisory/managerial experience within a distribution/logistics environment
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Expertise in Shipping, Receiving and Inventory in addition to require Transportation expertise
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Experience within a food distribution environment preferred
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Knowledge/understanding of DOT regulations and requirements
$70350 - $122,700 per year
How this job compares
Set against the 349 open Transportation Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$70–123K/yr
- California median$82–113K/yr20 salary ranges
- US median$77–95K/yr220 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $97K, is close to the California median midpoint ($95K) — in the middle half of Transportation Manager salary ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 24 open Transportation Manager jobs in California and 349 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- Sysco5 open
- Home Depot2 open
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- Experience
- Transportation Manager postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 2 to 5 years (289 postings).
- Education
- 30 of the 349 open Transportation Manager jobs (9%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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