ROUTING SPECIALIST
Why Join Our Team?
At General Produce, delivering freshness is more than a promise—it's our daily standard. From our state-of-the-art Sacramento facility, we serve customers throughout Northern & Central California, Western Nevada, Southern Oregon, and international markets across the Pacific Rim and Asia.
As a Routing Specialist, you'll play a key role in keeping our transportation network running efficiently. By combining data analysis, route optimization, and transportation technology, you'll help improve delivery performance, maximize fleet efficiency, reduce costs, and ensure exceptional service for our customers every day. If you enjoy solving complex logistics challenges, working with data, and making a measurable impact on operations, we'd love to have you join our team.
- Quarterly Incentives
- Comprehensive Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance
- 401(k) Plan, Employee Assistance Program
- Paid Sick Leave, Holidays, and Vacation
- Employee Discount Program
- Employee Recognition and Events
Key Routing Specialist Job Responsibilities
- Schedule: Full time. Monday - Friday 9AM-6PM
- Route Optimization: Design, maintain, and continuously improve delivery routes to maximize efficiency, productivity, and customer service while reducing transportation costs.
- Route Management: Create, modify, consolidate, and eliminate routes based on customer needs, delivery volume, geography, delivery frequency, and operational requirements.
- Customer & Delivery Planning: Coordinate routing for new customers, vendor backhauls, special deliveries, and changing business needs to ensure efficient service.
- Labor Planning: Balance driver workloads & stop distribution to improve productivity, reduce unnecessary labor, and support efficient scheduling.
- Performance Analysis: Monitor route hours, labor costs, fleet utilization, and transportation performance metrics to identify trends and opportunities for improvement.
- Tranportation Systems: Utilize Produce Pro, Samsara, and other transportation management systems to develop, analyze, and optimize delivery routes and network performance.