New Grad Trainee - Operations

Bison Transport Inc; Winnipeg; On-site; CAD 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Coaching and training

Wellness program

Extracurricular sports teams

Job summary

Bison Transport Inc invites new graduates to join the New Graduate Program, a permanent, full-time opportunity designed to accelerate career development through three rotations in Customer Service, Driver Experience, and Productivity roles.

You will be mentored by a designated leader, participate in a comprehensive development and performance review cycle, and transition to a destination career path aligned with business needs and your abilities.

Qualifications

• Recent graduate (within last 6 months) with a Commerce, Management, or Business Administration degree.
• Demonstrated balance of academics and practical experience.
• Transport/logistics exposure is a plus but not required.
• Experience in sales and/or customer service is valued.
• Strong relationship, communication, and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Rotations across multiple roles including Customer Service, Driver Experience, Productivity, and Cost Management.
• Collaborate with leaders and mentors to build a career development plan.
• Proactive learning through the learning plans and performance reviews.
• Apply a customer-centric approach and drive value across assignments.

Skills

Relationship management

Communication

Prioritization

Adaptability

Decision making

Organization

Customer service

Teamwork

Education

Commerce/Management/Business Administration degree

Tools

MS Office

Job description

The goal of the New Graduate Program (NGP) is to invite New Grads with fresh perspectives and skills into our business and partner with them on a career development plan that lends to sustainable high impact performance. Post-secondary graduates are hired in a permanent, full-time capacity. You will be placed on an accelerated career development path which will provide you an opportunity to build a solid understanding of our business and our industry. Throughout this program you will be working with a variety of Bison's leaders who will contribute to your career development and will be assigned a specific leader to assume a mentoring role to guide your success. You will be challenged through approximately three job rotations in various roles across the organization. All New Grad rotations and Learning Plans will be supported and monitored by the mentoring manager. Personal Development: With each rotation, New Grads go through a complete career development & performance review series. This allows you to spend time with your mentor at the beginning of each term to identify the skills you expect to learn, master, and apply on the job. At the end of each rotation, you will have developed new skills and abilities and you will have a constructive understanding of all the attributes you bring to the organization. After New Grads successfully complete the rotational program, successful participants will be placed into their "destination" career path based on business need, personal career goals and individual skills and knowledge demonstrated throughout the rotational program. As a result, the successful candidates are well underway with their career growth and a promising future at Bison!

Assignments Include:

• Driver Experience
• Customer Experience
• Utilization & Productivity
• Network Balance & Cost Management

Our Ideal Candidate will possess:

• Recent graduate (within the last 6 months) of a Commerce, Management, or Business Administration degree.
• Your record should reflect balanced achievement in academics and practical experience.
• Prior Transportation Industry and/or Logistics experience are an asset, but not a must.
• Experience working in sales and/or customer service.
• Demonstrated skills in the following areas: relationship management, communication, prioritization, and ability to adapt to changing environments.
• Proven decision making and organizational skills.
• Solution-based mindset and customer-centric approach.
• Excellent communication, analytical and organizational skills.
• The ability to work independently and work effectively as a team player.
• Demonstrated competencies in the following areas: results orientation, ownership mindset, solutions outlook, and integrity.
• Ability to quickly establish working relationships and effectively transition through assignments.
• Ability to thrive in a multi-task, deadline orientated, high volume, and fast-paced environment.
• Proficiency with MS Office and the ability to learn complex programs.
• Desire to pursue continuous learning activities also considered a strong asset.

Why Bison:

• Thrive in a supportive team that provides coaching and training to help develop your skills and progress your career
• Dispersed work environments that promote a healthy work-life balance
• Meaningful and impactful work and projects with an essential service provider
• Join our engaging Wellness Program & extracurricular sports teams

About Bison:

• Celebrating over 50 years in Business
• Active in giving back through Corporate Social Responsibility and Charitable Giving
• Committed to environmental sustainability

Bison Transport is committed to Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace.

Background and suitability for a career in Transportation is wide ranging. Some of our brightest people have joined us with no previous "trucking" experience. We always say we work in the "people business". So, whether you have a background in the airline, automotive, retail or hospitality industries, to name a few, your experience is valuable and we are bound to find many transferrable skills. We are ready to welcome exceptional, high potential contributors who aspire to lead people and processes in the pursuit of service excellence in a highly dynamic and collaborative environment. We seek team players who are eager to learn our business from the ground up, are able to demonstrate a track record of strong performance and possess a sincere interest in growing their careers in the transportation arena. We seek top notch communicators who adopt a driver of change mindset of "how can we be better, do better and get better results".

Positions are subject to shift work. The first rotation will be in Customer Service, working Monday to Friday. Anticipated start date: January 2027.

This job is classified under NOC Code: 13201.