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. The employee is responsible for all drivers' compliance and company regulations while working with internal and external contacts to ensure accurate planning, routing, monitoring, and delivery of freight and loads.

• 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.
• Utilize personnel management including training and orientation of drivers and employees and assist with internal and third‑party (customer) systems.
• Maximize efficiency of fleet operations and profitability, making 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 locations.
• 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.
• Manage yard activities, including checking/inspecting equipment, replacing parts, completing repairs, and coordinating with maintenance to schedule preventive maintenance and fix safety‑related mechanical issues for account equipment as required.
• Resolve service issues, routing and/or planning, mechanical problems, accessorial pay related issues, and other incidents with drivers, customers, and company personnel throughout the day, and when necessary, on call.
• Maintain the Company’s safety culture with 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 met.
• Assign loads and plan, route, and monitor freight movement to provide safe, on‑time service and meet customer requirements, 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 RELOCATION AT THE END OF THE 1‑6 MONTH PROGRAM.
• MUST BE OPEN TO WORKING NIGHTS AND/OR WEEKENDS.

• 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.

• 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.

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