Manager Trainee – Logistics Operations

Job Description

Manager Trainee | J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.

The Tone:
This is a full-time, early career role at J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc., requiring regional relocation and travel to various company, customer, and account locations. J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. is a leading transportation and logistics company that operates a large fleet and diverse service offerings. This position is vital for developing future management talent who will ensure the safe and timely movement of freight, maintain regulatory compliance, and deliver best-in-class customer service.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Type: Full-time
• Location: Relocation required; travel to customer/company locations
• Pay: $50700–$76000 yearly
• Mission: To learn and manage the operational aspects of freight movement, driver compliance, and customer service to ensure safe, timely, and efficient logistics.

What You’ll Actually Do
• Relationship Building: Learn to build and maintain positive professional relationships with drivers and reliable outside carriers to minimize turnover and maximize productivity.
• Operational Coverage: Fill in for absent or unavailable personnel, assist with special projects, and learn to provide training and orientation to drivers and employees on internal and customer systems.
• Performance Analysis: Become proficient in maximizing fleet operations efficiency and profitability, measuring key performance indicators, and creating and presenting customer-specific reports and financial analyses.
• Asset & Load Management: Gain knowledge in managing inventory, company assets, customer pools, and driver assignments to balance equipment in the market.
• Compliance & Resolution: Learn to manage yard duties, coordinate with maintenance, maintain the company’s safety culture, ensure DOT compliance, and resolve service issues or mechanical problems.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Transportation/Logistics, or Supply Chain.
• Experience: 1 year of experience in management, transportation/logistics, business administration, account management, or equivalent military experience if holding a High School Diploma/GED.
• Skills: Willingness to work across multiple shifts including nights and/or weekends, ability to travel to account, customer, and company event locations, and willingness to regionally relocate dependent on account assignment.
• Bonus: Experience managing a team, ability to anticipate and effectively deal with conflicts, skill in analyzing situations to make productive decisions, adaptability to changing environments, and strong relationship-building and communication skills.