Manager Trainee

J.B. Hunt • Olathe, KS

3d

About The Position

Under general supervision, the Manager Trainee learns to manage a small driver count and/or non-traditional shifts, including nights and weekends, while ensuring safe and timely freight movement, load assignment, and high-quality customer service. The position provides training in DOT compliance and company regulations and involves coordinating with internal and external contacts to plan, route, monitor, and deliver freight and loads accurately.

The role develops knowledge and skills in fleet operations, driver and employee management, customer service, reporting and financial analysis, inventory and asset management, administrative duties, yard and equipment management, maintenance coordination, and safety practices. Travel to account, customer, or company event locations may be required. The employee must be able to work across multiple shifts when needed and be willing to relocate regionally depending on account assignment. Employment-based sponsorship is not available.

Starting pay may vary based on skills, education, experience, geography, and other qualifications. The position may be eligible for annual bonuses and incentives based on profitability or volume, subject to the Company's plans and terms. Benefits for eligible full-time positions include medical, dental, and vision benefits; a 401(k) retirement plan; life insurance; short- and long-term disability coverage; paid time off; six weeks of paid maternity leave; two weeks of paid parental leave; and six paid holidays annually.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Transportation/Logistics, Supply Chain, or a related field; alternatively, a high school diploma/GED with one year of experience in management, transportation/logistics, business administration, account management, or a related field, and/or equivalent military experience.
• Willingness 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 relocate regionally depending on account assignment.

Nice To Haves

• Experience managing a team.
• Ability to anticipate, recognize, and effectively address existing or potential conflicts at the individual, group, or situation level.
• Ability to analyze situations accurately and make 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 and driver needs and expectations and provide excellent service directly or indirectly.
• Ability to communicate effectively and accurately interpret ideas through various mediums.
• Ability to recognize, anticipate, and resolve organizational, operational, or process problems.

Responsibilities

• Learn to build and maintain professional relationships with drivers and safe, reliable outside carriers, supporting carrier setup, retention, and productivity.
• Fill in for absent or unavailable personnel and participate in projects to optimize fleet operations and profitability.
• Learn personnel management, including training and orienting drivers and employees and assisting with internal and third-party customer systems.
• Develop proficiency in improving fleet efficiency and profitability, recommending improvements, measuring key performance indicators, and preparing and presenting customer-specific reports and financial analyses.
• Learn to manage inventory, assets, customer pools, and driver assignments to balance equipment in the market.
• Learn administrative duties, including payroll, Net-Revenue budget management, driver counseling, accident reviews, documentation, pay issue resolution, P&L analysis, invoicing, and operational or financial reporting.
• Learn to manage the yard and equipment, including inspections, minor repairs, and coordination of scheduled preventive maintenance and repairs to safety-related mechanical issues as required.
• Work with drivers, customers, and company personnel to resolve service, routing, planning, mechanical, and accessorial-pay issues, including when on call as necessary.
• Learn to maintain the Company's safety culture through driver safety messages, briefings, training, annual reviews, and enforcement of company policies and DOT and safety requirements.
• Learn to assign loads and plan, route, and monitor freight for safe, on-time service; manage freight exceptions and adjust driver ETAs based on schedules and road conditions.

Benefits

• Medical benefit
• Dental benefit
• Vision benefit
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Life insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage
• Paid time off, including vacation and sick time, commensurate with tenure
• Six weeks of paid maternity leave
• Two weeks of paid parental leave
• Six paid holidays annually
• May be eligible for annual bonus and incentives based on profitability or volumes

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level