Operations Manager, Transportation & Logistics

T6 Talent Partners; Austin (TX); Remote; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Emerging technology platform WayTrade seeks an Operations Manager for its Transportation & Logistics team. In this fully remote position, you will enhance the efficiency of transporting feedstocks, negotiate contracts, and help grow the business. Ideal candidates possess strong communication skills, a Bachelor’s degree, and 3-5 years of relevant experience.

Benefits

Healthcare, dental, vision coverage

401k with 4% matching

Flexible work location

Qualifications

• Minimum 3-5 years of experience in transportation & logistics.
• Experience working in railroads or related industry.
• Bonus if have experience in marine shipping channels.

Responsibilities

• Manage operations related to transporting feedstocks throughout the network.
• Issue instructions for railcar movements and communicate updates.
• Review transportation invoices for accuracy.

Skills

Communication

Prioritization

Organization

Project Management

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Google Sheets

Microsoft Excel

Job description

WayTradeis a technology-first platform that optimizes feedstock trades by connecting to hundreds of feedstock suppliers domestically and across the globe. WayTrade’s platform allows feedstock buyers and sellers to manage every aspect of their feedstock trading experience. The platform handles counterparty matching, logistics, transportation, financial transactions, inventory management, pricing, tracking, and more.

The Opportunity

As Operations Manager, Transportation & Logistics you will work directly with the Market Operations team to manage WayTrade’s expansive transportation network, with the goal of delivering feedstocks to our buyers reliably, on time, and in compliance with regulatory and transportation standards.

The primary focus of your role is to manage operations related to transporting feedstocks throughout our network, including dispatching railcars, managing transloading and testing operations, and communicating transportation updates and timelines to the WayTrade team. This work will enable us to grow the business, optimize costs and therefore margin, as well as demonstrate to the feedstock marketplace that WayTrade is on time and reliable.

In addition, you will bring your transportation expertise to the WayTrade team in order to elevate the team’s transportation savviness, negotiate rates with railroads, trucking vendors, and transloading terminals, secure new tranches of railcars to add to our existing fleet, and support expansion into new markets and product types.

This role is fully remote and can be located anywhere in Canada or the United States

Key Responsibilities

Primary

• Managing transloading operations
• Monitoring railcar movements and positions
• Issuing instructions for railcar movements
• Communicating with suppliers and buyers of upcoming railcar loading & dispatching
• Planning & modeling trade routes for upcoming or pending trades
• Sourcing & negotiating trucking, transloading terminal, and railroad contracts & rates
• Reviewing transportation invoices to ensure billing and payment accuracy
• Providing daily updates to the WayTrade team on all things transportation, including railcar availability for upcoming trades, changes in railcar ETAs, and updates on key projects
• Managing quality testing operations, including ensuring testing SOPs are followed, and flagging to WayTrade team if any product quality is off spec

Secondary

• Helping build company culture and operational playbooks
• Proposing opportunities for WayTrade to improve efficiency and cost structure
• Collaborating with WayTrade tech teams as we build transportation-related tech
• Supporting WayTrade’s entry into new feedstock commodities, like tallow, SBO, DCO, etc.
• Supporting WayTrade’s expansion into international markets, with a transportation lens

About you

• You're a Self-starter. You will have guidance and mentorship but the expectation is you will be able to make your own execution plans and manage your own time.
• You're a Strong communicator. You will have to feel comfortable reaching out to transportation providers, vendors, buyers and suppliers, and following up accordingly. In addition, our team is here to help you give you exposure to building early stage companies but require your input on what would be most valuable to you.
• You have exceptional Prioritization and time management skills. You will at times be confronted with several competing priorities, and it will be your responsibility to determine what is most important based on factors like contractual commitments, internal deadlines, and external risks. You will be expected to utilize your time, as well as your teammates’ time, efficiently and effectively during the work week. You will be expected to work normal business hours.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree
• Minimum 3-5 years of experience in transportation & logistics
• Experience working in railroads or related industry
• Demonstration of organizational, communication, and project management skills
• Advanced proficiency with Google Sheets (Microsoft Excel works too)
• Bonus if have experience working with marine shipping channels
• Bonus if have experience transporting renewable fuel feedstocks
• Bonus if have experience with technology planning and/or implementation/rollout
• Bonus if you have experience working in early-to-mid stage startups

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive annual salary
• Healthcare, dental, vision coverage
• Other elective benefits (ST/LT disability, life, etc) coverage
• 401k with 4% matching
• Flexible work location / remote position, some light travel required
• Work alongside talented, ambitious, entrepreneurial, and friendly team

We’re a small, ambitious team with big goals and a deep commitment to building something exceptional. While we’re fully remote across Canada and the U.S., we come together every few months for a few days of connection, alignment, and a lot of laughs.

Every person we hire shapes both our success and our culture. We value people who want to be here, want to build, and aren’t afraid to raise a hand when they need support. If that sounds like you, we’d love to meet.