Yard Coordinator Supervisor

The Yard Coordinator Supervisor will be responsible for managing a team of Yard Coordinators positioned at each Blanchard location. This role involves managing yard personnel, developing and implementing processes to manage our various locations in a consistent manner, collaborating across departments including but not limited to sales, rental, service and transportation. The Yard Coordinator Supervisor role supports Blanchard Machinery's growth and competitiveness objectives.

Blanchard Machinery Company is committed to fostering a high-performance work culture with challenging work opportunities that inspire high quality results. Some of the benefits of joining our team are:

Competitive pay.
• Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, 401K, profit sharing, generous PTO and paid holidays, uniforms, and much more.
• Exposure to world-class CAT training and development.
• A friendly and supportive work environment.
• Continuous exposure to learning and new technologies.
• Opportunities for advancement.

• Contributes to a positive work environment and promotes the vision, mission and values of BMC.
• Completes all job responsibilities in a safe manner, promotes and champions a safe and healthy work environment.
• Supervise, coach, and develop yard staff, ensuring adherence to safety policies and procedures including consistently participating in Branch Safety Score discussions.
• Manage yard layout plan across all locations, ensuring effective organization of equipment and optimal space utilization.
• Oversee equipment staging processes for customer pickups, parts transfers, and deliveries.
• Oversee the biweekly inventory scan process to ensure proper counts on current inventory.
• Collaborate with the sales, rental, and service teams to meet operational requirements for machine pickup, staging and appearance.
• Drive a customer first culture that permeates the branches and locations we serve to ensure a consistent product for our customers when they are at our various locations.
• Ensure that the yard is clean, organized, and free of safety hazards.
• Implement safety improvements, such as signage, storage racks, and hazard identification across Blanchard branches.
• Develop and implement processes to drive efficiency across Blanchard's various locations in the way we store, manage, move, and track physical inventory.
• Ensure processes are in place for new, used, recently repaired and rental equipment to ensure machines and attachments are ready for customer pickup and/or delivery.
• Manage shipping and receiving activities, including transfers of assets between locations.
• Ensure the proper maintenance and readiness of yard equipment, including manlifts and other assets.
• Participate in developing strategies for continuous process improvement in yard operations.
• Assist with staging machine displays and keeping the retail lobby equipment up to date.
• Performs other duties as assigned to ensure the success of yard operations.
  

• High School Diploma or equivalent, required. Additional technical or vocational training in heavy equipment, preferred.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in yard operations or a related field; prior supervisory experience preferred.
• Strong record in driving a safety-first culture and empowering teams to prioritize a safe working environment.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to manage, mentor, and motivate a team.
• Experience in developing and delivering training programs preferred.
• Proficient in using computer systems for daily operations and inventory management including Microsoft Office Suite.
• Exceptional organizational, communication, and multitasking abilities.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively both in person and remotely with key stakeholders.

Working Conditions

• The physical environment requires the employee to primarily work inside with occasional travel to meet with customers, attend industry events, and collaborate with association partners.
• Position may require employees to be physically present at designated worksite locations including covering for employees out on leave.
• Will require travel and occasional overnight stays to support team across the region.
• Requires standing, stooping, squatting, pushing, pulling, twisting, turning, lifting.
• Seeing, reading, and writing to complete job responsibilities.
• Use of computer and other forms of technology to complete job responsibilities.