Manager Trainee

J.B. Hunt • Wooster, OH

2d • $43,800 - $54,700

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, assigning loads, and providing best-in-class customer service. The role includes training in DOT compliance and responsibility for drivers’ compliance with company regulations. The trainee works with internal and external contacts to plan, route, monitor, and deliver freight and loads accurately.

The position develops skills in fleet operations, personnel management, customer service, financial and administrative duties, equipment and yard management, safety practices, and freight planning. The role may require travel to account, customer, and company event locations, work across multiple shifts, and regional relocation depending on account assignment. The expected starting pay range is $43,800 to $54,700. Annual bonus and incentives may be available based on profitability or volumes, subject to applicable plan terms.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Transportation/Logistics, Supply Chain, or a related field; alternatively, a high school diploma or GED plus 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 situational 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 transmit, receive, 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, support new carrier setup, minimize turnover, and maximize productivity.
• Fill in for absent or unavailable personnel and assist with special 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 maximizing fleet efficiency and profitability, recommending continuous improvements, measuring key performance indicators, and preparing and presenting customer-specific reports and financial analyses, including through face-to-face interactions at customer locations.
• 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, filing and documentation, resolving pay issues, analyzing P&L statements, invoicing, and preparing operational or financial reports.
• Learn to manage the yard, inspect equipment, replace parts, complete repairs, and coordinate scheduled preventative maintenance and resolution of safety-related mechanical issues for account equipment, as required.
• Work with drivers, customers, and company personnel to resolve service issues, routing or planning concerns, mechanical problems, and accessorial-pay issues, including when on call where necessary.
• Learn to maintain the company’s safety culture through daily driver safety messages, monthly safety briefings, quarterly driver training, annual reviews, and enforcement of company policies and DOT and safety requirements.
• Learn to assign loads and plan, route, and monitor freight movement for safe, on-time service and customer requirements, including managing freight exceptions and adjusting driver ETAs based on pickup and delivery 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 commensurate with tenure, including vacation and sick time
• Six weeks of paid maternity leave and 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

What This Job Offers

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