Vice President, Operations at Lew Thompson and Son Trucking in Huntsville, Arkansas

Job Description:

The VP, Operations provides leadership to our operations teams and enables deeper customer relationships. The Vice President will serve multiple site single customers or a subset of the accounts in a specific area(s). It enables Directors to expand their areas and develop key talent for succession.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for managing multiple customer account relationships with up to $100 million plus in revenue.
• Responsible to serve as a focal point for customer issues, rectifying and mitigating customer issues to achieve high customer satisfaction levels and develop customer solutions.
• Responsible for project management and implementation of strategic initiatives.
• Challenge is to identify opportunities to improve operational effectiveness, lower costs, increase productivity and customer value.
• Responsible for P&L accountability, operations management, and maintain consistent, high-level operating metrics and service levels across multiple locations

Qualifications

• Transportation or logistics operational management (5 years)
• Multiple facility management
• Fleet management (150 power units)
• Process management
• Implemented strategic initiatives
• Project management
• Maintained consistent, high-level operating metrics and service levels across multiple locations Demonstrated process improvements
• Customer issue resolution
• Proactively involved with business development and customer relations
• P&L accountability
• Supervised, hired, promoted, coached, and developed drivers and non-driver personnel
• Implemented driver retention strategies
• BS/BA degree in Business Administration, Public Administration, Finance or Logistics or related experience.
• 7-10 years of Operational Management Experience
• 3+ Years experience in an executive position within a corporate setting
• Sigma or other quality certifications
• Demonstrated leadership experience

Competitive Compensation

Covenant’s compensation philosophy’s intent is to use a competitive total compensation strategy to determine the current market value of a position while also considering individual factors such as performance in current position, time in seat of current position, experience, level of responsibility/accountability, and longevity with the company. The system will be objective and non-discriminatory.

Pay Range: $125,696.49-$213,684.03

Pay Grade: 15

401(k) match, Serious Health Condition PayFull Health Benefits Package

Medical, Dental, Vision, Telemedicine, Short & Long Term Disability, Health Savings Account, Life Insurance

Paid Time Off & Holidays

Cultural Perks

Casual Dress, Tuition Reimbursement, Employee Discount Program, Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account, Adoption Assistance and Employee Assistance Program

Covenant Logistics is an Equal Opportunity Employer

M/F/Disability/Veteran

VEVRAA Federal Contractor

PI255026872

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