Transportation Manager - One-Way
Required skills
- driver relationships
- operating systems
- customer operating systems
- driver telematics
- face to face communication
- phone communication
- text communication
- logistics managers
- optimize driver loads
- customer dynamics
Nice to have
- Business Administration
- Marketing
- Transportation/Logistics
- fleet management
- truckload industry
- supervisory experience
Role summary
This Transportation Manager role offers a unique 7-days-on/7-days-off schedule, allowing employees to work only 26 weeks per year while building a full-time career in transportation and logistics. Responsibilities include building and maintaining driver relationships, optimizing driver loads in partnership with logistics managers, understanding and meeting customer service expectations, interfacing with various internal departments and external vendors, and maintaining a full board of drivers. Qualifications include a Bachelor's degree and/or 2-3 years of fleet management or transportation experience in the truckload industry, with a preference for 6 months to 1 year of supervisory experience. Strong organizational skills, management ability, and computer/satellite communication system proficiency are required.
7 Days On / 7 Days Off | Work Only 26 Weeks a Year
If you’re hungry to learn a high-growth industry and want a schedule that actually gives you real time off, this role offers something rare: a rotating 7-days-on / 7-days-off schedule, meaning you work just 26 weeks per year while building a full-time career in transportation and logistics.
Responsibilities:
- Build and maintain driver relationships through understanding and meeting driver needs. These needs include, but are not limited to home time, payroll, utility, equipment breakdowns, logging violations, equipment issues, etc. This is done using our operating systems, customer operating systems, driver telematics communications, face to face communication and phone/text communication.
- Partner with the Dedicated and Associate Logistics Managers to optimize driver loads based on origin, destination, type of freight, number of miles, stops, directions, etc. with driver needs and availability.
- Understand and adhere to our customer’s dynamics service expectations, goals, and initiatives as they relate to improving value for the Customer and Werner.
- Interface with various departments such as billing, vans, customer service, risk, safety, payroll, fuel, maintenance, and external vendors.
- Work closely with the Dedicated Logistics Manager and/or the Operations Manager to fill and maintain a full board of drivers.
- Perform other related duties as assigned by the Dedicated Logistics Manager.
- Timely and regular attendance according to the scheduled shift as determined by supervisory personnel.
Qualifications:
- A Bachelor’s degree (Business Admin, Marketing or Transportation/Logistics) and/or two to three years of fleet management or transportation experience in the truckload industry preferred.
- Six months to one year of supervisory experience preferred.
- Strong organizational skills, proven management ability, and skill in operating a computer terminal and satellite communications system required.
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