Manager Trainee

jbhunt; Williamsport (Lycoming County); On-site; USD 52,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

JB Hunt in Williamsport, MD is seeking a Manager Trainee in Supply Chain to learn the management of a small driver count and non-traditional shifts, including nights and weekends, while ensuring safe and timely freight movement and strong customer service.

You will be trained to ensure DOT compliance, oversee driver performance, payroll tasks, fleet coordination, and reporting, with opportunity to advance into leadership as you gain experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Transportation/Logistics, Supply Chain, or related field (or HS Diploma/GED with 1 year of related experience).
• Willing to travel to account, customer, and company event locations.

Responsibilities

• Learn to build and maintain positive professional relationships with drivers and safe outside carriers to ensure seamless new carrier setup and productivity.
• Fill in for absent personnel and work on projects to optimize fleet operations and profitability.
• Learn personnel management including training/orientation of drivers and internal/third-party systems.
• Become proficient in maximizing efficiency of fleet operations and profitability, and presenting customer reporting and financial analysis.
• Gain knowledge on inventory, assets, customer pools, and assignment of drivers to balance equipment.
• Learn to perform payroll, budget management, driver counseling, invoicing, and financial reporting.
• Learn to manage yard operations, inspect equipment, coordinate maintenance, and ensure safety compliance.
• Learn to assign loads, plan routes, monitor freight movement, and resolve service issues with drivers/customers.
• Maintain the Company’s safety culture with driver safety messages, training, and policy enforcement.

Skills

Team management

Shift flexibility

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelor's degree

HS Diploma + 1 year experience

Job description

Job Title:

Manager Trainee

Department:

Supply Chain

Country:

United States of America

State/Province:

Maryland

City:

Williamsport

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.

Job Description:

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 expectations and provide excellent service in a direct or indirect manner
• Ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas through various mediums
• Ability to recognize, anticipate, and resolve organizational, operational, or process problems

This position is not eligible for employment-based sponsorship.

Compensation:

Factors which may affect starting pay within this range may include skills, education, experience, geography, and other qualifications of the successful candidate. This position may be eligible for annual bonus and incentives based on profitability or volumes in accordance with the terms of the Company's bonus and incentive plans, as applicable and in effect from time to time.

Benefits:

The Company offers the following benefits for full-time positions, subject to