Area Logistics Manager

GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF POSITION

Provide customer service, technical and sales support to customers, peers, and drivers.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Ability to communicate effectively via phone and email with customers, drivers, and internal and external Maverick associates.
• Dispatch and communicate accurate load information to trucks.
• Ensure and maintain the company's profitability by analyzing the needs of the company's internal and external customers and soliciting and assigning freight to appropriate drivers.
• Maintain working relationships with internal and external customers and maximize profits by using telemarketing skills to resolve problems, answer questions, solicit freight and track shipments.
• Service customers' requirements by understanding and maintaining the application of contracts and tariffs.
• Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending and participating in appropriate training. Ensures company confidentiality

Excellent Benefits Package including:

• Hybrid work option after successfully completing training
• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Prescription Discount Card
• Paid Vacation
• Paid Life Insurance
• 401k+match
• Bonus Potential
• Employee Assistance Program

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Prefer a four-year college degree with an emphasis in a related field to the position plus 6 – 12 months related experience and/or training and no previous management experience is required. An equivalent combination of education and experience will also be considered.

WORKING CONDITIONS

Normal working conditions as found within an office setting, wherein there is controlled temperature and a low noise level, plus a minimum of distractions.

PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES

The following physical activities described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions and expectations.

While performing the functions of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms, talk or hear; and occasionally required to climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.