Job Posting

Job Title:  Transportation and Warehouse Manager
Please email resume and cover letter to:  lindsayp@braswellfamilyfarms.com

Position Summary

The Transportation and Warehouse Manager is responsible for managing the transportation department and all transportation functions at location. Hires, trains, and supervises employees and manages routes.

Location: Carolina Egg Company, Glenwood Facility


Key Duties, Skills & Abilities:

  • Oversees warehouse operations and transportation deliveries, pickups, routes and employees.

  • Supervises the operational aspects of ongoing projects and serves as liaison between project management and planning, project team, and line management.

  • Ensure customer goods move from production through the supply chain to the end user.

  • Establish quality transportation services.

  • Develop partnerships with outside carriers in shipping.

  • Supervise scheduling of shipments.

  • Supervises performance of site employees with emphasis on productivity, efficiency, and service delivery.

  • Leads all site distribution and transportation planning and strategic activities.

  • Recruits, interview, select, train, motivate, coach, and mentors transportation/warehouse employees.

  • Assist in the identification and implementation of continuous improvement opportunities and customer satisfaction opportunities.

  • Direct investigations to verify and resolve customer complaints.

  • Conducts periodic quality surveys with customers regarding driver performance.

  • Prepares and develops safety procedures, as well as making sure that shipping documents are properly prepared.

  • Responds on an on-call basis to emergencies and critical situations that occur after hours.

  • SQF compliant

  • Helps drive all of BFF’s Environment Management Systems (EMS) in an impactful manner to include monitoring/reducing operationally related negative effects on the environment as well as pollution prevention.


Language Skills:

Ability to read and interpret complex documents such as market data, financial reports, maintenance instructions, and technical manuals. Ability to effectively write reports and communicates via email, in-person or telephone. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization. Ability to speak Spanish is a definite plus.


Mathematical Skills:

Ability to perform complex mathematical functions on spreadsheets to include writing formulas and creating pivot tables. Ability to compute rate, ratio and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.


Reasoning Ability:

Ability to solve complex problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form. Ability to resolve problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.


Computer Skills:
MS Office


Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

  • Must have a Commercial Driver’s License and be able to pass DOT physical exam and DOT drug test

  • Must have a forklift license


Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop and kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear; and taste or smell. The employee frequently is required to stand and climb or balance. The employee is occasionally required to sit. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.


Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to airborne particles. The employee is exposed to moving mechanical parts, and rarely exposed to caustic chemicals and extreme heat. The noise level in the work environment is moderate.