Assistant Foreman Delivery

About the Role:

The Assistant Foreman Delivery will manage the staff of Delivery Journeymen on a shift basis. You will ensure accurate dispatch of products to the distribution, retail wholesaler, and home delivery operations we service. You should recognize operational issues and be able to institute corrective measures where and when needed, ability to coach and motivate personnel, administer discipline, make recommendations concerning hiring and dismissal, and perform some administrative responsibilities such as payroll, computerized spreadsheets (can maintain complex spreadsheets), and other reporting.

This job is fully onsite at our printing facility located in Flushing New York. You will report to the General Foreman for the delivery department.

Responsibilities:

• Manage a staff of drivers and floor personnel to ensure timely and efficient distribution of newspapers and other products.
• Inspect floor and storage lanes for NYT or Commercial customer staged products.
• Review NYT and Commercial truck dispatch list that will be backed in for that night.
• Make plans for NYT and Commercial staged products to be loaded onto corresponding NYT and Commercial trucks dispatching.
• Communicate with the Control Room nightly to ensure the readiness of NYT and Commercial manifests/paperwork, and verify bundle sizes for the night.
• Print all manifests/paperwork needed. Check NYT and Commercial figures against the print order to ensure accuracy.
• Learn basic emailing skills – we will include you on NYT and Commercial Team emails for communication purposes.
• Communicate with Mailroom foremen to coordinate manifests/paperwork needed by the Mailroom for odds, special requests, plans.
• Coordinate with NYT and Commercial foremen the truck loading priority sequence and the corresponding loading docks.
• Document all NYT and Commercial truck departure times.

Basic Qualifications:

• Must have knowledge of Windows Microsoft Office applications and be open to learning new systems (e.g., SAM, PAM, and TAS).
• You will be asked to have technical and communication skills.
• Minimum requirement of High School diploma or equivalent.
• Must be available for shift work, including nights, weekends, and holidays.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience working in a delivery environment, warehouse, logistics environment, or at the New York Times newspaper production.
• Previous management experience in a unionized work environment.
• Ability to diagnose delivery issues.
• Must have the ability to read and learn the dispatch and production reports generated daily.
• Ability to work with changing technology.

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