Manager Trainee

J.B. Hunt • Memphis, TN

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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 safe and timely freight movement, load assignment, and high-quality customer service, while learning to ensure compliance with Department of Transportation regulations and company requirements. The trainee works with internal and external contacts to plan, route, monitor, and deliver freight and loads accurately.

The position involves learning fleet operations, driver and employee management, customer service, safety and compliance, administrative processes, and financial reporting. It may require travel to account, customer, and company event locations, the ability to work across multiple shifts, and regional relocation depending on account assignment. The position is not eligible for employment-based sponsorship.

Starting pay may vary based on skills, education, experience, geography, and other qualifications. The position may be eligible for annual bonuses and incentives based on profitability or volumes under applicable company plans. Full-time benefits, subject to eligibility requirements, include medical, dental, and vision benefits; a 401(k) retirement plan; life insurance; short- and long-term disability coverage; paid time off; six weeks of paid maternity leave; two weeks of paid parental leave; and six paid holidays annually.

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.

Nice To Haves

• Experience managing a team.
• Ability to anticipate, recognize, and handle existing or potential conflicts at the individual, group, or situation level.
• Ability to analyze situations accurately and reach 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 carrier setup, reduce turnover, and promote productivity.
• Fill in for absent or unavailable personnel and work on projects to optimize fleet operations and profitability.
• Learn personnel management practices, including training and orienting drivers and employees and assisting with internal and third-party customer systems.
• Learn to improve fleet efficiency and profitability, recommend improvements, measure key performance indicators, and prepare and present 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 by inspecting equipment, replacing parts, completing repairs, and coordinating preventive maintenance and resolution of safety-related mechanical issues as required.
• Learn to resolve service, routing, planning, mechanical, and accessorial-pay issues with drivers, customers, and company personnel, 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 movement for safe, on-time service; manage freight exceptions and adjust 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

What This Job Offers

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