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Ace Hardware Corporation · 9 hours ago

Regional Fleet Manager

Oak Brook, IL

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$120K/yr - $150K/yr

7+ years exp

Ace Hardware is a company focused on providing a world-class delivery experience and achieving financial objectives. The Regional Fleet Manager will lead and support Logistics Managers to ensure operational excellence and adherence to safety and compliance standards.

HardwareRetailService Industry

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Assist leading RSC Traffic Departments through the organization’s growth and financial objectives, ensuring a seamless world-class outbound delivery experience across Ace and Emery Jensen retailers

Drive a culture of safety, service, financial, and operational excellence

Lead, coach, orchestrate, mentor, and support the Logistics Managers ensuring adherence and accountability to the departmental goals

Foster close relationships with local Less-than-Truckload (LTL), Common & Final Mile carriers as well as Outbound Warehouse Mgmt Team

Participate in the monthly performance and annual budget reviews, connecting financial KPIs and operational results, outputting actionable recommendations that address negative trends

Collaborate across all areas including but not limited to: Corporate Inbound Traffic, Supply Chain, Retail Operations, IT, Outside Service Providers, Care Center, and the RSC Logistic Managers & Traffic Teams

Conduct safety & compliance Audits at the direction of the Corporate Fleet Safety & Compliance Manager during onsite visits

Influence for their region on network design, process improvement, delivery mode selection, on time delivery, fleet & equipment needs, route review, budget and financial support, driver pay, dock to driver, training programs, recruitment & retention and assist in developing the go-forward plan to help support a seamless delivery experience for our Ace & EJD Retailers

Support, develop, execute, and ensure adherence to the standard operating procedures across all RSC’s Traffic Departments

Review each job/title within the local Traffic Departments that creates and supports a progressive succession plan for each role

Ensure corporate transportation strategy adherence, provide operational support and feedback for all aspects of delivering to our Ace & EJD Retailers safely and on time

Qualification

Fleet Management ExperienceSupply Chain OperationsDistribution OperationsInventory ControlData AnalysisOrganizational SkillsCollaboration SkillsVerbal CommunicationWritten Communication

Required

Display the Ace Values (WELIGHT)

Bachelor's degree in logistics/transportation, engineering, business administration, or related field experience

7+ years working experience in the transportation/logistics operations environment with Fleet Management Experience preferred

Supply Chain Operations Experience

Distribution Operations Experience

Inventory Control Experience

Excellent data mining and analysis skills

Good organizational skills with attention to detail

Ability to manage a high-volume workload

Strong engagement and partnership skills with the ability to both understand and deliver established results

Must be a team player with good collaboration skills

Exceptional verbal and written

Ability to travel up to 45%

Benefits

Incentive opportunities, based on role/grade level (rapid company growth over the past 5 years resulted in incentives being paid out at an average of 122% of your target opportunity!)

Generous 401(k) retirement savings plan with a fully vested matching contribution the first year in addition to quarterly contributions and annual discretionary contribution (once eligibility requirements have been met). Over the past 5 years, company contributions (matching, quarterly & discretionary) for fully eligible employees have averaged 10.4% of total eligible compensation.

Comprehensive health coverage (medical, dental, vision and disability – up to 26 weeks short-term disability and long-term disability) & life insurance benefits for you and your dependents

21 days of vacation immediately available (prorated in the first year) and up to 6 paid holidays depending on the month of hire

Your career at Ace is more than just a job. It’s a chance to be part of something meaningful. We help locally-owned businesses thrive and make an impact in their communities – and we support our employees in doing the same by offering an annual Ace Cares Week, 20 hours off work per year to volunteer at an organization of your choice, opportunities to help Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals and the Ace Helpful Fund through the Ace Foundation

Ace invests in every employee we hire, with a key focus on development and coaching. We offer on-site classes, facilitator-led courses, and a generous tuition assistance program, plus a performance management approach that goes beyond the typical annual review

We know the work environment matters. That’s why Ace holds frequent campus events like Employee Appreciation Week, vendor demos, cookouts, and merchandise sales

We bring them to you! Services such as mobile spas, auto maintenance, car wash and detailing, dry cleaning, dentists, eye doctors, flu shots, recycling and more!

Employee discounts on Ace merchandise (including top brands like Weber, Traeger, Yeti, Craftsman, DeWalt and more), travel, fitness, computers and thousands more

Birth/Adoption bonding paid time off

Adoption cost reimbursement

Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – access to free visits to therapists and lawyers, guidance on financial matters, elder and childcare, and assistance with tickets to entertainment events

Identity theft protection

Benefits are provided in compliance with applicable plans and policies.

Company

Ace Hardware Corporation

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Ace Hardware is the largest retailer-owned hardware cooperative in the world with over 5,800 locally owned and operated hardware stores in approximately 70 countries.

Founded in 1924

Oak Brook, Illinois, USA

10001+ employees

http://www.acehardware.com/

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