Senior Delivery Manager

Johnson Brothers - Mutual Distributing of North Carolina

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Irving, TX Dallas, TX Until 9/27/2026 10+ years exp First posted May 21, 2026 Last posted July 29, 2026
Job description

Job Description:

Johnson Brothers Maverick of Texas is a leading family-owned distributor of wine, spirits, and beer, proudly serving customers since 1953. We represent top global brands while championing a dynamic portfolio of fine wines and craft spirits. Join our team and be part of a company driven by quality, innovation, and growth.

This position will have responsibility for all delivery and fleet related operations within Texas. The ideal candidate can be located in any of our TX locations (Dallas/Irving, San Antonio, Austin or Houston) and must be willing to travel to each site or cross dock.

Duties

  • Proven expertise in leading an organization's logistics operations ensuring efficient, cost-effective, and safe movement of goods throughout the state. 

  • Oversight of 150+ company owned CDL  and non-CDL vehicles across the state of Texas combined with a delivery team in excess of 125 personnel.

  • Develop and implement transportation strategies, best practices and procedures to enhance performance and align with business objectives. 

  • Responsible for capital and financial planning and execution, takes ownership of the Delivery P&L.

  • Maintains relationships with 3rd party repair and maintenance vendors and approval of all repairs.

  • Ensures compliance with all Department of Transportation (DOT) and local regulations at all times, maintaining class leading safety standards. 

  • Monitor KPI's and develop new ones as necessary such as costs, service metrics, safety measurements implementing improvements as needed. 

  • Would lead group of transportation leaders who oversee specific territories within the state. 

  • Mentor, train and manage transportation professionals, supervisors, and administrative personnel on a daily basis, developing into a high performance team.

  • Provide general guidelines and parameters for staff functioning within the leadership group with measurable expectations.

  • Ensures all equipment is properly maintained in accordance with Johnson Brothers/DOT/FMCSA vehicle maintenance expectations .

  • Productivity initiatives (PI) to drive financial and operational improvements.

  • Partners closely with the Director of Operations as well as Corporate Routing and Fleet functions to drive continuous improvement in efficiency.

  • Proven experience with electronic driver qualification management as well as fleet safety & ELD software such as Samsara or similar.

  • Drives company culture & engagement within the transportation department as well interdepartmental relationships.

Qualifications:

  • 10+ years relevant experience in Transportation Management.

  • Proven ability to analyze operational data and build KPI scorecard insights to drive continuous improvement.

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills; clear, effective communication with internal and external stakeholders.

  • High attention to detail, ability to thrive under deadlines and work in a team environment, while also delivering independent results. 

  • Demonstrated ability to review issues and provide recommendations for resolution. 

  • Strong prioritization skills, multi-tasking skills and works with a sense or urgency.

  • Intermediate MS Office Suite skills.

Pay: DOE

Strong Benefits Package: Medical, Dental, Vision, FSA, HSA, 401k/401k Match, Parental Leave, PTO, Paid Holidays, and short & long-term disability.

Worker Sub-Type:

Regular

Time Type:

Full time
About this role

Summary

Manage transportation operations, oversee fleet, improve efficiency, ensure safety, lead teams.

Job title

Senior Delivery Manager

Experience level

10+ years

Minimum experience

10+ years exp

Industry

distribution

Location requirements

Candidate must be in Texas, remote work not specified.

Salary

Not specified

Management role

Yes

Skills & keywords

Required skills

transportation managementKPI analysissafety regulationsfleet safety softwarecommunication

Preferred skills

fleet maintenanceelectronic driver qualificationdata-driven improvements

Specializations

delivery operationsfleet managementtransportation strategiessafety compliancedata analysis
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Irving, TX, USA

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Dallas, TX, USA

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Houston, TX, USA

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Austin, TX, USA

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