Manager Trainee

J.B. Hunt • Joliet, IL

20d

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 the safe and timely movement of freight, assigning loads, and providing customer service. The role develops knowledge of DOT regulations and company requirements and supports accurate freight planning, routing, monitoring, and delivery in coordination with internal and external contacts.

The trainee learns fleet and personnel management, carrier and customer relationships, operational and financial administration, equipment and yard oversight, service issue resolution, safety practices, and load planning. The position may involve travel to account, customer, and company events, as well as regional relocation depending on account assignment. Starting pay is expected to range from $50,700 to $63,400. The position is not eligible for employment-based sponsorship and may be eligible for annual bonuses and incentives 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; or a High School Diploma/GED plus one year of experience in management, transportation/logistics, business administration, account management, or a related field; equivalent military experience is also accepted.
• 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.
• The position is not eligible for employment-based sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

• Experience managing a team.
• Ability to anticipate, recognize, and effectively address existing or potential conflicts at individual, group, or situation levels.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Learn to build and maintain positive professional relationships with drivers and safe, reliable outside carriers, supporting carrier setup, retention, and productivity.
• Fill in for absent or unavailable personnel and support projects related to fleet optimization and profitability.
• Learn personnel management, including training and orientation of drivers or employees and assistance 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 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, filing and documentation, resolving pay issues, P&L analysis, invoicing, and operational or financial reporting.
• Learn to manage the yard, inspect equipment, replace parts and complete repairs, and coordinate preventative maintenance and resolution of 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 where necessary.
• Learn to maintain the company safety culture through daily safety messages, monthly briefings, quarterly driver training, annual reviews, and enforcement of company policies and DOT and company safety requirements.
• Learn to assign loads and plan, route, and monitor freight movement for safe, on-time service and customer requirements, managing freight exceptions and driver ETA adjustments 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 commensurate with tenure, including vacation and sick time
• 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

What This Job Offers

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