Manager Trainee
The Manager Trainee role at Confidential Client involves learning to manage small driver fleets and non-traditional shifts while ensuring safe, timely freight movement and compliance with DOT regulations. The position focuses on developing skills in driver and fleet management, customer service, operational efficiency, and financial reporting to support profitable and compliant supply chain operations.
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.
Position overview
Confidential Client (Logistics & Warehouse) is hiring a Manager Trainee in Syracuse, NY. This entry-level management role is a hands-on training position to learn driver and fleet management, DOT compliance, load assignment, routing, and customer-facing operational activities. The role requires flexibility across shifts (including nights/weekends), regional travel, and a willingness to relocate depending on account assignment.
What You’ll Do
- Learn to manage a small driver roster and/or non-traditional shifts, ensuring safe, on-time freight movement.
- Train on DOT and company compliance, including driver safety programs and documentation.
- Assign loads, plan routes, monitor freight movement and manage exceptions to meet customer requirements.
- Build and maintain professional relationships with drivers and outside carriers; support new carrier setup and retention.
- Provide hands-on personnel management support — driver orientation, training, counseling and performance follow-up.
- Support yard operations: inspect equipment, coordinate maintenance, and help prioritize repairs.
- Assist with administrative tasks such as payroll support, invoicing, P&L review assistance, and operational reporting.
- Fill in for absent personnel and support projects that optimize fleet efficiency and profitability.
- Work with customers and internal teams to resolve service, routing, mechanical, or pay-related issues — including on-call as required.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Transportation/Logistics, Supply Chain or related field OR High School Diploma/GED plus 1 year of relevant experience (management, transportation/logistics, business administration, account management), or equivalent military experience.
- Willingness to travel to account, customer, and company locations as needed.
- Ability to work multiple shifts, including nights and weekends when required.
- Willingness to regionally relocate depending on account assignment.
Preferred Qualifications
- Prior experience managing a team.
- Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills.
- Proven ability to build and maintain positive working relationships with drivers, vendors, and clients.
- Comfortable analyzing basic financial/operational reports and contributing to continuous improvement recommendations.
- Strong communication skills across multiple mediums and a flexible approach to changing conditions.
Compensation & Benefits
- Expected starting pay range: $46,100 — $57,600 per year. Factors that may affect starting pay include skills, education, experience, geography, and other qualifications.
- May be eligible for annual bonuses and incentives based on profitability or volumes per company plans.
- Typical full-time benefits may include medical, dental, vision, 401(k), life insurance, short- and long-term disability, paid time off (accrual based on tenure), parental leave, and paid holidays — subject to applicable eligibility and plan terms.
Other important details
- This position is not eligible for employment-based sponsorship.
- Job Opening ID: 00637053 (Open)
- The role will be employed by a confidential client. Careertakes may present additional matched opportunities to applicants.
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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