Manager Trainee

Job Summary

Under general supervision, this position is responsible for learning the management of a small driver count and/or non-traditional shifts (including nights and weekends), ensuring safe and timely movement of freight, load assignment, and providing best-in-class customer service. This position will be trained to ensure compliance with DOT regulations.

Key Responsibilities

• Learn to build and maintain positive professional relationships with drivers and safe, reliable outside carriers to ensure seamless new carrier set-up, minimize turnover, and maximize ongoing productivity
• Fill in for absent or unavailable personnel and on special projects related to optimizing fleet operations and achieving profitability
• Become proficient in utilizing personnel management including training and orientation of drivers and/or employees including the training and assistance with internal and third party (customer) systems
• Maximize efficiency of fleet operations and profitability and make recommendations for continuous improvement, measuring key performance indicators, and creating, maintaining and presenting customer specific reporting and financial analysis through face-to-face interactions at customer location
• Gain knowledge on how to manage inventory, assets, customer pools and/or assignment of drivers to balance equipment in market
• Perform administrative duties such as payroll, management of the Net-Revenue budget, driver counseling, accident reviews, filing and documenting, resolving pay issues, analyzing P&L statements, invoicing and/or creating operational or financial reports
• Maintain the Company's safety culture to include daily driver safety messages, monthly driver safety briefings, quarterly driver training, annual reviews, and enforce company policies to ensure DOT compliance and company safety requirements are being met
• Assign loads and plan, route, and monitor freight movement to provide safe, on-time service and meet customer requirements, including managing freight exceptions and driver ETA adjustments based on pick-up and delivery schedules, and other environmental factors on the road
• MUST BE OPEN TO WORKING NIGHTS AND/OR WEEKENDS
• RELOCATION IS ENCOURAGED, BUT NOT REQUIRED, FOLLOWING COMPLETION OF THE 1–6 MONTH PROGRAM (PROGRAM LENGTH MAY VARY)

Qualifications

• Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Transportation/Logistics, Supply Chain, or related field OR High School Diploma/GED with 1 year of experience in management, transportation/logistics, business administration, account management, or related field, and/or equivalent military experience
• Willing to travel to account, customer, and company event locations when applicable
• Ability to work across multiple shifts including nights and/or weekends if needed
• Willingness to regionally relocate dependent on account assignment
• Preferred Qualifications: Experience managing a team, Anticipate, recognize, and deal effectively with existing or potential conflicts at the individual, group, or situation level, Ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment, Ability to adapt to changing environments, Ability to establish and maintain healthy working relationships with clients, vendors, and peers, Ability to meet or exceed team/driver needs and expectations and provide excellent service in a direct or indirect manner, Ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas through various mediums, Ability to recognize, anticipate, and resolve organizational, operational, or process problems

Expected Starting Pay Range

The expected starting pay range for this position is between $50,700.00 - $63,400 per year.

Benefits

• Medical benefit
• Dental benefit
• Vision benefit
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Life insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage
• Paid time off commensurate with tenure (includes vacation and sick time)
• Six weeks of paid maternity leave along with two weeks of paid parental leave
• Six paid holidays annually

Education

• Bachelor's: Business Administration/Management
• Bachelor's: Supply Chain Management
• Bachelor's: Transportation Logistics
• GED (Required)
• High School (Required)

Work Experience

• Management-Entry Level
• Transportation/Logistics

Certifications

The job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.