Strategic Capacity Manager
About The Position
Nolan Transportation Group (NTG) is a leading freight brokerage and logistics company delivering customized transportation solutions across North America. We are a high-growth organization known for our entrepreneurial culture, performance-driven teams, and commitment to helping customers and carriers succeed. Scope & Impact The Strategic Capacity Manager is responsible for developing and managing the carrier network that supports NTG's dedicated and contractual freight portfolio. As part of the Network Strategy team, you'll work closely with Customer Sales, Carrier Sales, and external carrier and customer partners to ensure long-term customer commitments are supported by reliable, scalable carrier capacity. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys building strategic relationships, solving complex network challenges, and creating long-term transportation solutions. You'll play a key role in strengthening NTG's contractual network while positioning the company for continued growth.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Logistics, or a related field, or equivalent industry experience.
- 2–5 years of experience in freight brokerage, carrier sales, account management, network strategy, or supply chain operations.
- Ability to develop strategic carrier partnerships and execute long-term capacity solutions.
- Strong analytical, negotiation, communication, and relationship-building skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and make sound business decisions in a fast-paced environment.
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate across cross-functional teams while balancing customer service, operational execution, and profitability.
Nice To Haves
- Experience supporting dedicated or contractual freight networks.
- Experience with transportation management systems (TMS), routing guides, or carrier procurement.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and transportation analytics.
- Experience supporting customer RFPs, procurement events, or strategic network planning.
Responsibilities
- Own carrier capacity and service performance for NTG's dedicated and contractual freight portfolio to ensure reliable execution of customer commitments.
- Build and strengthen long-term partnerships with customer transportation leaders and executive-level carrier partners to expand strategic capacity.
- Develop, implement, and optimize routing guides and carrier commitments that improve network efficiency and service performance.
- Partner with Customer Sales and Carrier Sales to align customer demand with executable carrier capacity and identify opportunities for network growth.
- Serve as the primary escalation point for strategic capacity and service challenges impacting contractual freight.
- Support customer procurement and RFP initiatives by developing capacity strategies before awards and operationalizing carrier networks after business is secured.
- Monitor market conditions, carrier performance, and customer demand to proactively identify risks, improve network performance, and uncover growth opportunities.
- Maintain visibility into network capacity, routing guides, and carrier commitments to support informed business decisions across the organization.
- May perform other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Paid time off
- Paid Health Days
- Company Paid Holidays
- Floating Holidays
- Paid parental leave
- Medical, Dental, Vision, and Pet Insurance
- 401(k) with Company Matching
- Casual dress code
- Access to professional development resources including LinkedIn Learning
- Employee Resource Groups that promote learning, networking, and career development
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Employee Referral Program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
