Senior Director, District
Company: XPO
Location: Montgomery
Posted on: January 23, 2023
Job Description:
Solutions driven success. XPO is a top ten global provider of
transportation services, with a highly integrated network of
people, technology and physical assets. At XPO Logistics, we look
for employees who like a challenge and can communicate effectively
in all situations. We want to leverage your skills and years of
experience to drive positive results while ensuring a bright future
for yourself and XPO. If you're looking for a growth opportunity,
join us at XPO. As the Senior Director, District, you will develop
and lead multiple remote district work groups to exceed goals for
top line revenue growth. In this position, you'll be working across
multiple departments across the enterprise to ensure the
expectations set forth by executive leadership are met. Your
consistent work ethic and desire to continuously improve
operational execution and profitability will be critical to this
important role, ensuring a bright future for yourself and XPO. If
you're looking for a growth opportunity, join us at XPO. Pay,
benefits and more. We are eager to attract the best, so we offer
competitive compensation and a generous benefits package, including
full health insurance (medical, dental and vision), 401(k), life
insurance, disability, and the opportunity to participate in a
company incentive plan. What you'll do on a typical day:
- Achieve P&L goals for the district and drive ownership of
P&L through span of control, including developing talent and
coaching to Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), engaging employees,
leading situational and competency awareness, hiring/terminating
team members, and driving performance improvement
- Search for opportunities to continuously improve operational
execution and profitability
- Direct, lead and manage a team, focusing on specific
geographical area accountabilities, growth opportunities and trends
to leverage industry benchmarks and provide year-over-year
improvement of KPI measurements
- Proactively address and direct solutions associated with all
service exceptions
- Align pricing strategy in the area through collaboration with
Sales, Pricing, and the Marketing team
- Ensure employee engagement by fostering a supportive work
environment, ensuring effective employee relations, and applying HR
policies consistently across the workforce
- Execute fleet strategy and tactics to increase profitability
and reduce costs
- Work creatively with multiple functional areas such as Business
Intelligence, Finance, Safety, Procurement, and Information
Technology to develop data paths to identify efficiencies What you
need to succeed at XPO: At a minimum, you'll need:
- 7 years of experience in a supply chain, procurement,
maintenance, or transportation service company
- Supervisory experience in a team-focused environment
- Experience reading and managing a P&L
- Demonstrated knowledge of and experience with DOT maintenance
regulations
- Experience with sales and supply chain management techniques
and processes
- Experience with Microsoft Office, including performing and
directing moderately complex analyses in spreadsheet and database
programs such as Excel and Access
- A valid driver's license
- Availability to work a variety of shifts, including days,
evenings, and weekends; travel up to 75% of the timeIt'd be great
if you also have:
- Bachelor's or master's degree in Business or a related field,
or equivalent related work or military experience
- Less-than-Truckload (LTL) experience
- Outside sales or business-to-business sales experience
- The capability to effectively manage vendor and customer
relationships at all levels Be part of something big. We are proud
to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Qualified
applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard
to race, sex, disability, veteran or other protected status. All
applicants who receive a conditional offer of employment may be
required to take and pass a pre-employment drug test.
The above statements are not an exhaustive list of all required
responsibilities, duties and skills for this job
classification.
Review XPO's candidate privacy statement here.
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