Manager Trainee

J.B. Hunt • Indianapolis, IN

11d

About The Position

The Manager Trainee, in the Supply Chain department, learns to manage a small driver count and/or non-traditional shifts, including nights and weekends. Under general supervision, the role supports the safe and timely movement of freight, load assignment, customer service, and compliance with Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations and company requirements. The trainee works with internal and external contacts to plan, route, monitor, and deliver freight and loads accurately.

The position includes learning fleet operations, driver and employee management, customer service, financial and administrative duties, yard and equipment oversight, and safety practices. Travel to account, customer, and company event locations may be required when applicable. Regional relocation may be required depending on account assignment. The role may involve working across multiple shifts, including nights and/or weekends, if needed. The 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 handle 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.

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, including training and orienting drivers and/or employees and helping them use internal and third-party customer systems.
• Learn to improve fleet efficiency and profitability, recommend continuous improvements, measure key performance indicators, and prepare and present customer-specific reports and financial analyses.
• Learn to manage inventory, assets, customer pools, and/or 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, equipment inspection, minor repairs, and coordination with maintenance to ensure scheduled preventive maintenance and timely correction 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's safety culture through driver safety messages, briefings, training, annual reviews, and enforcement of company policies, DOT compliance, and safety requirements.
• Learn to assign loads and plan, route, and monitor freight to provide safe, on-time service and meet customer requirements, including managing freight exceptions and adjusting driver ETAs for 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 company plan terms

What This Job Offers

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