At Serta Simmons Bedding, we dare to dream and work differently. We’re proud to be one of the largest bedding manufacturers in North America and lead the way with our iconic brands – Serta®, Beautyrest®, Simmons® and Tuft & Needle®.
When you join our company, you become part of winning team that is excited and committed to helping our customers get a good night’s sleep.
Fueled by care for our people and their safety, we provide inspiring career opportunities, competitive benefits, and employee perks, and most importantly, the chance to make a positive impact in the lives of our customers.
Compensation:
Annual Salary Range: $86,000 – $95,000
What You’ll Do:
- Ensures appropriate and cost-effective, efficient plans for shipments of incoming and outgoing products/supplies, ensuring timely, efficiently, high-quality delivery
- Ensures the cost effectiveness of the delivery function, including the proper control of labor utilization through preventing excessive labor hours, overtime and downtime
- Establishes and monitors procedures designed to assure the health, safety and security of assigned personnel, suppliers and other visitors who come to the facility
- Reports, investigates out of standard safety compliance conditions and sets corrective action measures in place
- Coordinates and proactively communicates with internal and external logistics contacts, cross-company functional contacts as well as suppliers/vendors as needed to ensure a consistent and efficient flow of goods and services
- Manages loading dock group to ensure the accurate loading of goods according to approved loading practices to prevent freight damage during transit and ensuring safe truck operation
- Ensures the loading and unloading of freight coordinates with other plant personnel to ensure product, equipment, documentation paperwork flows efficiently
- Determines delivery routes and dispatches drivers accordingly, optimizing efficiencies in time and cost. Tracks delivery routes utilizing a GPS tracking system
- Driver management and adherence with DOT compliance and requirements: Driver logs, accident reporting and investigation drug testing requirement and transportation equipment/vehicle maintenance
How You’ll Do It:
- Openly communicates regularly with carriers to proactively avoid issues and provide updated information
- Completes required reporting as to functional performance including logistical data, trends, etc. and provider performance
- Complies with Federal, State and local regulations, material handling and shipping regulations
- Enforces compliance to regulations and escalates any out of standard conditions to appropriate personnel
What You’ll Bring:
- Minimum of 2 years management experience in plant environment including experience in areas of shipping/deliver/routing, customer service, processes and people.
- BA/BS degree in a related field or equivalent formal, technical vocational training.
- Relevant Lean manufacturing experience.
- Working knowledge of DOT and OSHA regulations.
- Familiarity with Federal, State and local health and safety regulations.
- Experience working with data driven measurements and metrics for functional areas.
Come Dream with Us!
When you join Serta Simmons Bedding, you become part of our 150-year legacy of sleep solutions with endless opportunities to impact our future for centuries to come. Once you’re here, you’ll be part of a winning company that invests and supports our team members’ career journeys. We offer competitive benefits, job training, learning and development, and other employee perks such as our employee discount on all products.
Benefits:
- Health, Dental, and Vision (starts on day one)
- 401K with company match
- Paid Time Off / Vacation
- 12 company holidays
- Sick days
- Employee discounts
- Referral Bonus
Employees are required to comply with COVID policies established by a vendor or customer.
It is our policy to abide by all federal, state, and local laws prohibiting employment discrimination, with respect to all terms and conditions of employment, based solely on a person’s race, color, religious creed/religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, disability, age, military status, or status as a Vietnam-era or special disabled veteran, marital status, registered domestic partner or civil union status, gender (including sex stereotyping or expression), medical condition genetic information (including family medical history), or any other protected status except where a reasonable, bona fide occupational qualification exists.
SSB will provide reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees who need them, as required by law.
The hiring salary range for this position applies to where legally required, and most other geographies. Starting pay for the successful applicant depends on a variety of job-related factors, including but not limited to geographic location, market demands, experience, training, and education. The benefits available for this position include medical, dental, vision, 401(k) plan, life insurance coverage, disability benefits, tuition assistance program and PTO or, if applicable, as otherwise dictated by the appropriate Collective Bargaining Agreement.