Trucking Operations Associate
We’re reinventing global trade.
Flexport helps more than 10,000 clients and suppliers lead all aspects of their supply chain operations. Started in 2013, we've raised over $300M from investors that include the Founders Fund, Google Ventures, First Round Capital, Bloomberg Beta, Y Combinator, & Wells Fargo.
With offices on three continents, our team is as global as our client base and we’re excited to continue building a product and service they love. Wherever you are, whichever role you play, you’re guaranteed to share your day with committed, encouraging, and resourceful team members. Help us solve real-world problems while streamlining the inefficient industry of global trade.
As a result of our global expansion, we're looking for a Trucking Operations Associate to work within our Supply Team in managing LTL consolidation operations & performance.
What you’ll do:
- Manage day to day operations for North American Less than Truckload (LTL) planning to destinations all across the US;
- Collaborate closely with local vendors on load planning, optimizing truck utilization, profitability, and innovative improvements;
- Continuously identify and execute on destination communication efficiencies;
- Review and analyze local partner rates (and aid the team in creating scalable processes for effectively doing so as we grow!);
- Review feedback from operations teams on performance.
- Identify Key Performance Metrics (KPIs) and ensure the LTL product meets and exceeds these performance targets
What you’ll need:
- Degree and 1-3 years of supply chain related experience from any industry;
- Strategic vision and ground floor execution;
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills.
- An obsession with client happiness. You succeed when they succeed.
- Next-level attention to detail.
- A mastery of email communication. You keep the inbox at zero.
- Courage to challenge the status quo when logic and reason require it. See something broken? Fix it.
- Advanced Excel skills, working knowledge of SQL and analytics experience a plus!