Transportation Trip Scheduler

Join America's favorite family bakery since 1934-home of Little Debbie, Drake's Cakes, and Sunbelt Bakery Granola Bars. Work with legacy brands that bring smiles to faces nationwide, including yours. You'll experience a culture committed to work-life balance, guaranteed time off, and supportive health and wellness offerings. Enjoy profit sharing, long-term job security, and a range of exciting career paths. When you join McKee Foods, you'll discover a better way to live and work.

Pay

$19.28 - $24.89 / hr., depending on experience and qualifications

Schedule

Full-time: 1st shift, (Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.)

Onsite; other days and hours as needed

Hours will vary with business fluctuations

Location

272 Patton Farm Rd, Stuarts Draft, Virginia 24477

Job Summary

This role supports the day-to-day administrative and scheduling operations of our Transportation team. The position is responsible for coordinating driver assignments, managing trip coverage, maintaining accurate records, and serving as a key point of contact for drivers, distributors, and internal departments. The ideal candidate is highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to stay calm and professional in a fast-paced environment while handling both routine and occasional non-routine tasks. Maintaining confidentiality and supporting smooth, on-time transportation operations are essential to success in this role.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide information and services to drivers, distributors, and other departments
• Perform office duties such as: data entry, filing, record-keeping, and answering the phone
• Automatically and manually assign drivers to trips
• Cover extra trips and driver absences
• Assist with creating the driver bid
• Maintain the extra trip list
• Review and enter driver special requests and PTO
• Cross-train and fill in for payroll to cover time off
• Cover dispatch occasionally
• Learn and use MyDispatch
• Serves as a subject matter expert and/or resource to others in matters relating to scheduling
• Maintain strictest confidence in every aspect of this position
• Perform all other job-related tasks as required

Required Qualifications

• Ability to work effectively in a team environment
• Proven ability to work on multiple tasks and complete them satisfactorily
• Ability to deal professionally with customers, drivers, and suppliers
• Demonstrated good verbal and written communication skills
• Logistical skills, including map reading and routing
• Ability to stay calm in stressful or confrontational situations
• Ability to maintain confidentiality
• Previous data entry experience
• Thorough and attentive to details

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of transportation operations
• Knowledge of shipping procedures
• Previous clerical or administrative experience
• Microsoft Office Word and Excel experience

Benefits

• Competitive weekly pay
• Profit-sharing cash bonus program
• 401(k) with matching contributions
• Paid Time Off (for vacation, holidays, sick time, personal time, etc.)
• Medical insurance, including health, dental, vision, and prescription drug plan
• Supplemental plans, including life insurance
• Fully-paid parental leave
• Health Center and Pharmacy
• Tuition reimbursement
• Credit Union
• Exercise and recreation facility
• Wellness programs with incentives
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Short-term and long-term disability (company-paid)

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer