Logistics Manager Trainee — Fleet Ops & Compliance

J.B. Hunt Transport; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefit

Dental benefit

Vision benefit

401(k) retirement plan

Life insurance

Disability coverage

Paid time off

Maternity leave

Paid holidays

Job summary

J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc. seeks a Manager Trainee in Dallas, TX. This entry-level leadership role focuses on learning to manage a small driver count, including nights and weekends, while ensuring safe, timely freight movement and top-tier customer service.

The program trains you to comply with DOT regulations and to manage drivers, routes, budgets, and reporting. Significant growth and relocation opportunities across the company are available.

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.

Responsibilities

• Learn to build and maintain positive professional relationships with drivers and safe, reliable outside carriers to ensure seamless new carrier set-up, minimize turnover, and maximize ongoing productivity
• 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 including the training and assistance with internal and third party (customer) systems
• Become proficient in maximizing efficiency of fleet operations and profitability and making recommendations for continuous improvement, measuring key performance indicators, and creating, maintaining and presenting customer specific reporting and financial analysis through face-to-face interactions at customer location
• Gain knowledge on how to manage inventory, assets, customer pools and/or assignment of drivers to balance equipment in market

Skills

Travel willingness

Shift flexibility

Customer service

Relationship building

Education

Bachelors: Business Administration

Bachelors: Supply Chain Management

Bachelors: Transportation Logistics

GED (Required)

High School (Required)

Job description

J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc. seeks a Manager Trainee in Dallas, TX. This entry-level leadership role focuses on learning to manage a small driver count, including nights and weekends, while ensuring safe, timely freight movement and top-tier customer service.

The program trains you to comply with DOT regulations and to manage drivers, routes, budgets, and reporting. Significant growth and relocation opportunities across the company are available.