Manager Trainee Spring 2027
The Manager Trainee role at Confidential Client involves learning to manage a small fleet of drivers and non-traditional shifts, ensuring safe and timely freight movement while maintaining compliance with DOT regulations. The position focuses on developing skills in fleet operations, driver and customer relationship management, financial and operational reporting, and safety enforcement to optimize profitability and service quality.
About Careertakes
👉 Important disclosure: Careertakes is a third-party recruiting platform supporting this hiring process. If selected, you will be employed directly by our client, Logistics & Warehouse.
Applicants for this role may also receive access to additional matched opportunities through the Careertakes platform.
What You’ll Do
This Manager Trainee role in Stockton, CA is an entry-level management training position within a logistics and supply chain environment. You will learn to support and eventually lead day-to-day fleet and driver operations, ensuring safe, on-time freight movement and excellent customer service while complying with DOT and company policies.
- Learn to build and maintain professional relationships with drivers and outside carriers to support carrier setup, reduce turnover, and improve productivity.
- Assist with load assignment, routing, monitoring, and on-time delivery for assigned accounts and markets.
- Train on personnel management tasks including driver orientation, training, and use of internal and customer systems.
- Support administrative activities such as payroll processing, documenting incidents, driver counseling, invoicing, and basic P&L review.
- Learn to manage yard and equipment checks, coordinate maintenance, and ensure safety-related repairs and preventative maintenance are completed.
- Help monitor KPIs, prepare customer reporting and financial analysis, and recommend continuous improvements to operations.
- Participate in safety programs: daily messages, monthly briefings, quarterly training, and annual reviews to maintain DOT and company compliance.
- Provide on-call support as needed to resolve service interruptions, mechanical issues, or routing conflicts.
Qualifications
Minimum qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Transportation/Logistics, Supply Chain, or related field OR High School Diploma/GED with at least 1 year of relevant experience (management, transportation/logistics, business administration, account management) or equivalent military experience.
- Willingness to work rotating shifts, including nights and weekends as needed.
- Willingness to travel to customer, account, and company locations when applicable.
- Willingness to regionally relocate depending on account assignment.
Preferred qualifications
- Experience managing a team or prior internship experience in logistics/operations.
- Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills; ability to analyze situations and act with informed judgment.
- Excellent communication skills across mediums and ability to maintain productive working relationships with drivers, customers, vendors, and peers.
- Demonstrated ability to adapt to changing environments and resolve operational or process issues.
Additional details
- This position is not eligible for employment-based sponsorship.
- Reasonable accommodations are available to qualified applicants with disabilities.
Compensation & Benefits
- Expected starting pay range: $50,700 — $63,400 per year. Actual starting pay will depend on skills, education, experience, and geographic factors.
- Potential eligibility for annual bonuses or incentives based on account profitability and volume (subject to company plans).
- Benefits for full-time positions (subject to eligibility): medical, dental, vision, 401(k), life insurance, short- and long-term disability, paid time off (vacation and sick leave), six weeks paid maternity leave plus two weeks paid parental leave, and six paid holidays annually.
Working Conditions & Employment Type
- Employment types: Contractor / Full-time / Internship (as applicable to specific assignments).
- This role will include multi-shift coverage and may require on-call availability.
- Location: Stockton, CA — regional assignments and travel may be required.
Equal Opportunity & Hiring Transparency
Careertakes and our client are Equal Opportunity Employers committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We prohibit discrimination or harassment of any kind. To support a fair and efficient hiring process, AI tools may be used to assist with application review or resume screening. These tools do not replace human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are made by people.
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