Manager Trainee Spring 2027 Start

About the Role

Under general supervision, this position is responsible for learning the management of a small driver count and/or non-traditional shifts (including nights and weekends), ensuring safe and timely movement of freight, load assignment, and providing best-in-class customer service. This position will be trained to ensure compliance with DOT regulations. They are responsible for all drivers' compliance and company regulations while working with internal and external contacts to ensure the accurate planning, routing, monitoring, and delivery of freight and loads.

Key Responsibilities

• Learn to build and maintain positive professional relationships with drivers and safe, reliable outside carriers.
• Fill in for absent or unavailable personnel and on special projects related to optimizing fleet operations and achieving profitability.
• Learn to utilize personnel management including training and orientation of drivers and/or employees.
• Become proficient in maximizing efficiency of fleet operations and profitability.
• Make recommendations for continuous improvement.
• Measure key performance indicators.
• Create, maintain, and present customer-specific reporting and financial analysis.
• Gain knowledge on how to manage inventory, assets, customer pools and/or assignment of drivers to balance equipment in market.
• Learn to perform administrative duties such as payroll, management of the Net-Revenue budget, driver counseling, accident reviews, filing and documenting, resolving pay issues, analyzing P&L statements, invoicing and/or creating operational or financial reports.
• Learn to manage yard including checking/inspecting equipment, replacing parts (like mud flaps), completing repairs, etc., and coordinating with maintenance.
• Learn to work with drivers, customers, and company personnel to resolve service issues, routing and/or planning, mechanical problems, accessorial pay related issues, etc.
• Learn to maintain the Company's safety culture to include daily driver safety messages, monthly driver safety briefings, quarterly driver training, annual reviews, and enforce company policies.
• Learn to assign loads and plan, route, and monitor freight movement.
• Manage freight exceptions and driver ETA adjustments.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• DOT regulations
• Net-Revenue budget
• P&L statements

Qualifications

• Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Transportation/Logistics, Supply Chain, or related field

• OR High School Diploma/GED with 1 year of experience in management, transportation/logistics, business administration, account management, or related field, and/or equivalent military experience.

• Willing 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 regionally relocate dependent on account assignment.

• Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience managing a team

• Ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions.

• Ability to adapt to changing environments.

• Ability to establish and maintain healthy working relationships.

• Ability to meet or exceed team/driver needs and expectations.

• Ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas.

• Ability to recognize, anticipate, and resolve organizational, operational, or process problems.

• Prior intern experience.