Truckload Procurement Leader — Growth & Team Enablement

Evans Transportation Services LLC; Chattanooga (TN); On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Evans Transportation Services LLC seeks a senior leader to drive carrier procurement in its Chattanooga office. You will recruit, coach, and develop a high-performing team, ensure operational excellence, and push for growth of the truckload network through strategic carrier partnerships.

You will partner with account management and Sales leadership to align pricing, capacity, and service, while maintaining Evans standards and improving margin performance across core lanes.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in truckload brokerage or transportation operations, with at least 2 years leading people.
• Experience hiring, onboarding, developing, and exiting team members.
• Track record of growing a truckload book of business, an office, or a team’s production.

Responsibilities

• Own carrier procurement in the Chattanooga office: headcount, daily execution, performance, and the environment the team works in.
• Provide day-to-day leadership presence for the full office, including account management - set the tone, hold the standard on the floor, and elevate issues to the appropriate leader.
• Own hiring for carrier procurement - define the profile, run interviews with the assistance of the recruiting team, sell the opportunity, and make the hiring recommendation for every carrier procurement seat in the office.
• Own onboarding and ramp so new hires reach productivity on a defined timeline rather than figuring it out on their own.
• Train and coach the business itself: pricing logic, negotiation, carrier vetting, carrier conversations, and escalation judgment.
• Set clear, written expectations for every carrier procurement seat and manage to them using KPIs, scorecards, and real deal examples.
• Address underperformance on the carrier procurement team early and directly - document it, coach it, and make the termination recommendation when the standard will not be met.

Skills

People leadership

Hiring

Onboarding

Coaching

KPI management

Carrier negotiations

TMS proficiency

AI & automation awareness

Tools

TMS

Job description

Evans Transportation Services LLC seeks a senior leader to drive carrier procurement in its Chattanooga office. You will recruit, coach, and develop a high-performing team, ensure operational excellence, and push for growth of the truckload network through strategic carrier partnerships.

You will partner with account management and Sales leadership to align pricing, capacity, and service, while maintaining Evans standards and improving margin performance across core lanes.