Manager Trainee, May 2027
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, load assignment, and best-in-class customer service, while learning to ensure compliance with 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 involves learning fleet operations, driver and carrier relationships, personnel management, customer service, reporting, financial analysis, inventory and asset management, administrative processes, yard and equipment oversight, and safety practices. Travel to account, customer, and company event locations may be required. The trainee must be able to work across multiple shifts, including nights and/or weekends if needed, and be willing to relocate regionally depending on account assignment. The expected starting pay range is $50,700–$69,400. Starting pay may vary based on skills, education, experience, geography, and other qualifications. The role may be eligible for annual bonuses and incentives based on profitability or volumes under the applicable company plans. This position is not eligible for employment-based sponsorship.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Transportation/Logistics, Supply Chain, or a related field; or a high school diploma/GED with 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 deal effectively with 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 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 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 work on special projects related to fleet optimization and profitability.
- Learn personnel management, including training and orienting drivers and/or 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 such as 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 yard and equipment management, including inspecting equipment, replacing parts, completing repairs, and coordinating scheduled preventive 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 as they arise, including when on call where necessary.
- Learn to maintain the company’s safety culture through daily 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 to provide safe, on-time service and meet customer requirements, including managing freight exceptions and adjusting 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 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
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
