Transportation Supervisor

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Chicago, IL - USA

profile Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed
Posted on: 3 days ago
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

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Job Description:

Job Title: Transportation Supervisor

Position Summary

The Program Supervisor leads a portfolio of related projects to deliver outcomes that support strategic business objectives and customer success. This role is responsible for aligning program initiatives to long-term organizational goals translating strategy into executable roadmaps and ensuring cross-functional teams deliver measurable value. The Program Supervisor oversees program planning governance budgeting resource allocation risk management and stakeholder communication to drive operational efficiency and sustained performance.

Key Responsibilities

Program Strategy & Portfolio Alignment

  • Own and manage a portfolio of related customer projects ensuring alignment to strategic priorities customer needs and business outcomes.

  • Translate organizational and customer objectives into clear program goals success metrics and measurable deliverables.

  • Partner with leadership to evaluate program opportunities prioritize initiatives and adjust scope based on evolving business requirements.

  • Ensure project plans remain integrated and coordinated across multiple teams vendors and functional areas.

  • Monitor progress against milestones and service levels; proactively remove roadblocks to keep delivery on track.

  • Identify and negotiate tradeoffs to balance competing priorities while protecting strategic outcomes.

Risk Issue and Change Management

  • Identify assess and mitigate program-level risks across scope schedule budget quality compliance and operational impact.

  • Maintain program RAID logs (Risks Assumptions Issues Dependencies) escalating decisions and risks appropriately.

  • Lead change management across stakeholders and impacted teams to ensure adoption readiness and sustained performance improvements.

Stakeholder & Customer Management

  • Serve as a key liaison between executive leadership project teams and customersensuring transparency alignment and accountability.

  • Communicate program health through executive-ready updates dashboards and business reviews.

  • Ensure customer requirements and experience expectations are integrated into program planning and delivery.

Continuous Improvement & Organizational Efficiency

  • Drive standardization and process improvement by applying best practices lessons learned and performance insights across the program.

  • Promote a culture of accountability collaboration and continuous improvement to enhance operational efficiency and delivery outcomes.

  • Define and track program KPIs/OKRs (e.g. on-time delivery cost-to-deliver benefits realization customer satisfaction).

Qualifications Required

  • Bachelors degree in Business Operations Engineering Computer Science or a related field (or equivalent experience).

  • 5 years of experience leading programs and/or multiple concurrent projects in a cross-functional environment.

  • Demonstrated ability to build roadmaps and coordinate resources across multiple teams.

  • Strong risk management stakeholder management and executive communication skills.

  • Proficiency with program/project management tools (e.g. MS Project Smartsheet Jira Asana ) and reporting dashboards.

Preferred

  • Program Management certification (PgMP) PMP PRINCE2 Agile/Scrum certifications or equivalent.

  • Experience managing large-scale transformation initiatives operational improvement programs or customer-facing delivery programs.

  • Working knowledge of governance frameworks portfolio management or enterprise operating models.

Core Competencies

  • Strategic Thinking & Business Acumen

  • Portfolio & Program Governance

  • Cross-Functional Leadership (without direct authority)

  • Financial Management & Benefits Realization

  • Risk Management & Decision Facilitation

  • Customer Orientation & Relationship Management

  • Operational Excellence & Continuous Improvement

  • Clear concise executive communication

Compensation & Benefits:

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $6180.00 per month to $10040.00 per month. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge skills and education/training and a candidates work experience.

Hired applicants may be eligible for Medical/prescription drug coverage Dental coverage Vision coverage Flexible Spending Account Health Savings Account Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account Basic and Supplemental Life Insurance & Accidental Death and Dismemberment Disability Income Protection Plan Employee Assistance Program 401(k) retirement program Vacation Paid Holidays and Personal time Paid Sick and Family and Medical Leave time as required by law.

Employee Type:

Permanent

UPS is committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination harassment and retaliation.

Other Criteria:

UPS is an equal opportunity employer. UPS does not discriminate on the basis of race/color/religion/sex/national origin/veteran/disability/age/sexual orientation/gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.

Basic Qualifications:

Must be a U.S. Citizen or National of the U.S. an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence or an alien authorized to work in the U.S. for this employer.

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