Manager Trainee

J.B. Hunt • Pleasant Prairie, WI

10d

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. The role supports the safe and timely movement of freight through load assignment, planning, routing, monitoring, and delivery, while providing best-in-class customer service. The trainee learns to ensure compliance with Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations and company policies, working with internal and external contacts to support accurate freight operations.

The position includes training in driver and employee management, fleet efficiency and profitability, customer reporting and financial analysis, inventory and equipment balancing, administrative and budget duties, yard and equipment oversight, service issue resolution, and safety programs. Travel to account, customer, and company event locations may be needed. The role may involve working across shifts, including nights and weekends, and regional relocation depending on account assignment.

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, 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.
• Ability to accurately analyze situations 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.
• Ability to effectively communicate 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 to support carrier setup, reduce turnover, and maximize productivity.
• Fill in for absent or unavailable personnel and participate in special projects related to fleet optimization 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 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, pay issue resolution, P&L analysis, invoicing, and operational or financial reporting.
• Learn to manage the yard, inspect equipment, replace parts, complete repairs, and coordinate preventative maintenance and repairs 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 and DOT and company safety requirements.
• Learn to assign loads and plan, route, and monitor freight to provide safe, on-time service and meet 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

What This Job Offers

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