HR Recruiting Manager

Freight Wizards LLC; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary

Uncapped quarterly bonuses

Growth to HR leadership

Job summary

Freight Wizards LLC is seeking an HR Recruiting Manager to own end-to-end talent acquisition as we scale a 3PL freight brokerage. You will partner with executive leadership to build teams across sales, operations, technology, and support as we expand, with a strategic, high-visibility role enhancing company growth.

You’ll lead full lifecycle recruiting, source proactively, manage metrics, and help onboard and retain top talent while shaping our employer brand at industry events.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of recruiting experience, including 2+ years in a coordinating/leadership role.
• Proven track record sourcing and closing sales talent in logistics or B2B.
• Strong metrics orientation; able to report progress to leadership.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building with candidates and managers.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute a recruiting strategy aligned with growth roadmap.
• Own full recruiting lifecycle: sourcing, screening, interviewing, offers, onboarding.
• Build expertise hiring for sales, operations, tech and support roles.
• Source candidates via job boards, networks, referrals, social recruiting, outreach.
• Partner with managers to define role requirements and hiring bar.
• Manage recruiting metrics: time-to-hire, cost-per-hire, quality of hire.
• Support HR functions including onboarding, documentation, compliance.
• Build pipelines for future openings and represent employer brand at events.

Skills

Sales recruiting

Logistics recruiting

KPIs & metrics

Candidate sourcing

Stakeholder management

Communication

Growth-stage environment

Job description

Position Overview:

As HR Recruiting Manager, you’ll own the end-to-end talent acquisition function for Freight Wizards LLC, helping scale a 3PL freight brokerage aggressively in growth mode. You’ll partner directly with executive leadership to build our team across sales, operations, technology, and support functions as we expand. This is a strategic, high-visibility role where your recruiting excellence directly fuels company growth.

Position Overview:

As HR Recruiting Manager, you’ll own the end-to-end talent acquisition function for Freight Wizards LLC, helping scale a 3PL freight brokerage aggressively in growth mode. You’ll partner directly with executive leadership to build our team across sales, operations, technology, and support functions as we expand. This is a strategic, high-visibility role where your recruiting excellence directly fuels company growth.

Key Responsibilities:

• Build and execute a comprehensive recruiting strategy aligned with company growth roadmap, scaling from our current four sales reps to multiple teams across functions
• Own full recruiting lifecycle: sourcing, screening, interviewing coordination, offer negotiation, onboarding, and retention follow-up
• Develop deep expertise in recruiting sales talent (customer account associates, account executives, carrier sales reps) as well as operations, backend technology, and support roles
• Source candidates proactively through job boards, industry networks, referrals, social recruiting, and direct outreach
• Partner with hiring managers to define role requirements, craft compelling job descriptions, and calibrate hiring bar
• Manage recruiting metrics and pipeline: time-to-hire, cost-per-hire, quality of hire, offer acceptance rate
• Support HR functions including new hire onboarding, employee documentation, and compliance
• Build and nurture talent pipelines for future roles and anticipated openings
• Represent Freight Wizards as an employer brand builder at industry events and professional networks

Qualifications:

• 5-plus years of recruiting experience, preferably including 2-plus years in a recruiting management or coordinating role
• Proven track record sourcing and closing sales talent, ideally in logistics, transportation, or B2B environments
• Strong metrics orientation: ability to own recruiting KPIs and communicate progress to leadership
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills with candidates, hiring managers, and peers
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, metrics-driven, growth-stage environment
• Self-starter mentality with proactive problem-solving and initiative-taking
• Understanding of hiring law, employment compliance basics, and best practices a plus

What We Offer:

• Competitive base salary $65,000–95,000 dollars per year, commensurate with experience
• Uncapped quarterly performance bonuses tied to recruiting quality metrics: time-to-hire, offer acceptance rate, new hire retention at 90 days, and hiring manager satisfaction
• Exposure to C-level leadership and direct input into company strategy
• Growth trajectory: as we scale, your role expands to full HR leadership if desired
• Fast-growing, mission-driven freight brokerage with cutting-edge AI-native operations platform

About Freight Wizards:

Freight Wizards is a 3PL freight brokerage connecting customers with qualified carriers across North America. We differentiate through training excellence, ethical operations, 24/7/365 accessibility, and hard work. We’re in an active scaling phase with a new technology platform and ambitious growth targets.