Manager Trainee

J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.; American Falls (ID); On-site; USD 52,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. in American Falls, Idaho is seeking a Manager Trainee in the Supply Chain department.

This full-time role involves learning to manage a small driver count and non-traditional shifts, including nights and weekends, ensuring safe and timely freight movement and top-tier customer service. The program trains for DOT compliance, driver coordination, and performance reporting, with opportunities to develop leadership and improve fleet profitability while

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Transportation/Logistics, Supply Chain, or related field, or HS diploma with 1 year related experience.
• Willingness to travel to account locations and relocate regionally as needed.

Responsibilities

• Learn to build and maintain positive professional relationships with drivers and safe outside carriers to ensure seamless new carrier set-up and productivity.
• Fill in for absent personnel and on special projects to optimize fleet operations and profitability.
• Learn personnel management including training and orientation of drivers and employees and system support.
• Develop ability to maximize efficiency of fleet operations and profitability, and present customer reporting and financial analysis.
• Gain knowledge to manage inventory, assets, customer pools and driver assignments to balance equipment.
• Perform administrative duties such as payroll, budgeting, pay issue resolution, invoicing, and report creation.
• Learn to manage yard operations, maintenance scheduling, and safety repairs as required.
• Collaborate with drivers, customers, and company personnel to resolve service issues and plan routes.
• Maintain safety culture with daily driver safety messages, safety briefings, and DOT compliance.

Education

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

Job description

Job Title

Manager Trainee

Department

Supply Chain

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Idaho

City

American Falls

Full/Part Time

Full time

Job Summary

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 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
• 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 to ensure all regular preventative maintenance services are scheduled on time and all safety related mechanical issues are fixed for account equipment (as required)
• Learn to work with drivers, customers, and company personnel to resolve service issues, routing and/or planning, mechanical problems, accessorial pay related issues, etc., as they occur throughout the day and, where necessary, when on call
• 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 to ensure DOT compliance and company safety requirements are being met
• Learn to assign loads and plan, route, and monitor freight movement to provide safe, on-time service and meet customer requirements, including managing freight exceptions and driver ETA adjustments based on pick-up and delivery schedules, and other environmental factors on the road

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
• Anticipate, recognize, and deal effectively with existing or potential conflicts at the individual, group, or situation level
• Ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment
• Ability to adapt to changing environments
• Ability to establish and maintain healthy working relationships with clients, vendors, and peers
• Ability to meet or exceed team/driver needs and