Transportation Manager

Financial Planning Plus; Baton Rouge (LA); On-site; USD 77,000 - 123,000; Full time

Job summary

Financial Planning Plus is seeking a Transportation Manager in Baton Rouge, LA. This role targets a self-starter who wants ownership, collaboration, and a clear path forward, offering mentorship and a comprehensive benefits package.

The position emphasizes hands-on project management, prioritization, and leadership to keep operations in Baton Rouge running smoothly while improvements are shipped. Strong communication and proactive problem-solving are essential.

Qualifications

• 7 years of project management experience, preferably in operations.
• Strong delegation and leadership abilities across teams.
• Clear communication across email, calls, and in-person meetings.

Responsibilities

• Keep Baton Rouge site running while improvements ship under.
• Read signals and reprioritize tasks without being asked.
• Bridge gaps between specs and delivered work on time.
• Turn vague mandates into measurable, shipped outcomes.
• Make safety-first judgment calls without a committee.
• Leave systems better than you found them.
• Own day-to-day rhythm of general work for the Baton Rouge operation.
• Turn Attention Management requests into tangible results.

Skills

Project Management

Delegation

Communication

Education

7 years experience in project management

Job description

Help shape what comes next at Financial Planning Plus as a Transportation Manager working on general that reaches real users. A $77,000 - $123,000 Transportation Manager role for a self-starter who wants ownership, collaboration, and a genuine path forward.

Key Responsibilities

• Keep Financial Planning Plus's Baton Rouge, LA site running while improvements ship underneath
• Read Financial Planning Plus's general signals and reprioritize without being asked
• Notice the deadline-driven gap between the spec and the shipped thing
• Turn a vague internship mandate into work Financial Planning Plus can measure
• Earn the trust to make safety-first judgment calls without a committee
• Leave every general system a little better than you found it
• Own the day-to-day rhythm of general work across our Baton Rouge, LA operation
• Turn ambiguous Attention Management requests into shipped, measurable outcomes

What You'll Bring

• A Baton Rouge grounding, or the adaptability to plant roots quickly
• Demonstrated wins in general work somewhere near Baton Rouge, LA
• Confident communicator across email, calls, and in-person meetings
• Calm under the team-oriented chaos a manager role tends to generate
• A Baton Rouge network, or the hustle to build one from scratch
• 7 years of learning when to trust the process and when to break it
• Hands-on command of Project Management, with Delegation as a close second

Financial Planning Plus partners with organizations across Baton Rouge, LA to bring high-energy thinking to everyday general challenges. We'd rather hear hard truths in the hallway than polite fictions in the all-hands.

At $77,000 - $123,000, with mentorship and a benefits suite to match, this Transportation Manager seat at Financial Planning Plus is built for people who want to rise.

Our Baton Rouge team is currently shortlisting candidates for this position.