Manager Trainee

Job Title

Manager Trainee - January 2026

Supply Chain

United States of America, Ohio, Hamilton

Full time

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 service movement of freight, load assignment, and providing best‑in‑class customer service. The position will be trained to ensure compliance with DOT regulations, and is responsible for all drivers’ compliance and company regulations while working with internal and external contacts to ensure accurate planning, routing, monitoring, and delivery of freight and loads.

• Build and maintain positive professional relationships with drivers and reliable outside carriers to ensure seamless new carrier set‑up, minimize turnover and maximize ongoing productivity.
• Fill in for absent or unavailable personnel and support special projects related to optimizing fleet operations and achieving profitability.
• Utilize personnel management, including training and orientation of drivers and/or employees, and provide assistance with internal and third‑party (customer) systems.
• Become proficient in maximizing fleet efficiency and profitability, 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 locations.
• Gain knowledge on how to manage inventory, assets, customer pools and/or assignment of drivers to balance equipment in market.
• 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.
• Manage yard operations, including checking/inspecting equipment, replacing parts (e.g., mud flaps), completing repairs, and coordinating with maintenance to ensure all scheduled preventive maintenance services are performed on time and all safety‑related mechanical issues are fixed for account equipment.
• Work with drivers, customers, and company personnel to resolve service issues, routing and planning, mechanical problems, accessorial pay issues, etc., as they occur throughout the day and, where necessary, when on call.
• Maintain the company’s safety culture through 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 met.
• 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.

• High School Diploma/GED with up to 4 years of equivalent education, experience, and training; and currently enrolled and working toward a degree program with up to 2 years of equivalent education, experience, or training; and/or Bachelor’s degree with ability to work across multiple shifts, including nights and/or weekends if needed. Must be willing to travel to account, customer, and company event locations when applicable.
• Bachelor’s degree plus 1 year of or equivalent education, experience, and training.

• Anticipate, recognize, and deal effectively with existing or potential conflicts at the individual, group, or situation level.
• Accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.
• Adapt to changing environments.
• Establish and maintain healthy working relationships with clients, vendors, and peers.
• Meet or exceed team/driver needs and expectations and provide excellent service in a direct or indirect manner.
• Effective communication skills.
• Recognize, anticipate, and resolve organizational, operational, or process problems.

Salary Range: $51,719.85–$63,000.

Actual compensation may vary due to factors such as experience and skill set.…