Manager Trainee Spring 2027
About The Position
The Manager Trainee learns, under general supervision, to manage a small driver count and/or non-traditional shifts, including nights and weekends. The role supports the safe and timely movement of freight, load assignment, and high-quality customer service, while developing knowledge of DOT regulations and company requirements. The trainee works with internal and external contacts to plan, route, monitor, and deliver freight and loads accurately and compliantly. The position includes training in driver and employee management, fleet operations, customer service, financial and administrative processes, equipment and yard coordination, and safety practices. The trainee may travel to account, customer, and company event locations when applicable and may need to work across multiple shifts. Regional relocation may be required depending on account assignment. This position is not eligible for employment-based sponsorship.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Transportation/Logistics, Supply Chain, or a related field; alternatively, a high school diploma or 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 effectively communicate, receive, and accurately interpret ideas through various mediums.
- Ability to recognize, anticipate, and resolve organizational, operational, or process problems.
- Prior internship experience.
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 assist with projects to optimize fleet operations and profitability.
- Learn personnel management practices, including training and orienting drivers or employees and assisting with internal and third-party customer systems.
- Develop proficiency in improving fleet efficiency and profitability, recommending continuous improvements, measuring key performance indicators, and preparing and presenting customer-specific reporting and financial analysis.
- Learn to manage inventory, assets, customer pools, and driver assignments to balance equipment in the market.
- Learn administrative duties such as payroll, Net-Revenue budget management, driver counseling, accident reviews, documentation, pay issue resolution, P&L analysis, invoicing, and operational or financial reporting.
- Learn yard management, including inspecting equipment, replacing parts, completing repairs, and coordinating preventive maintenance and safety-related mechanical repairs as required.
- Work with drivers, customers, and company personnel to resolve service, routing, planning, mechanical, and accessorial-pay issues, including when on call where necessary.
- Learn to maintain the company’s safety culture through daily safety messages, monthly briefings, quarterly 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 and customer requirements, including handling freight exceptions and adjusting 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, subject to applicable plan terms
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
