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“We’re not in the shipping business; we’re in the information business” -Peter Rose, Expeditors Founder
Global supply chain management is what we do, but at the heart of Expeditors you will find professionalism, leadership, and a friendly environment, all of which foster an innovative, customer service-based approach to logistics.
- 19,000 trained professionals
- 300+ locations worldwide
- Fortune 500
- Globally unified systems
Job Description
To ensure that TRANSCON customers are well transitioned and served from/in the destination or managing branch; To further develop the TRANSCON product in the marketplace through focus on Operations, Finances, Sales, People, Systems, and Culture in adherence to the company’s policy and procedures.
TRANSCON (Domestic Ground Transportation)
People:
- Develop department personnel. Show them a career, not just a job.
- Review and conduct staff appraisals timely, and at a minimum once per year per employee.
- Develop solid #2 to run operations and assists in retention.
- Ensure and assist supervisors and key staff with goal setting and monitoring.
- Conduct regular interviews with potential new personnel.
- Plan for and hold effective bi-weekly department meetings with team.
- Review department goals and business plan periodically with staff to ensure buy-in and accountability.
- Be responsible for the training and development of TRANSCON staff within the branch
- Meet company standards of 52 hours training per year, including as needed management/leadership training
Operations:
- Oversee the management of the branch TRANSCON department.
-
Proactively monitor various shipment reports such as
- Shipments Per Desk (SPD)
- Revenue Per Desk (RPD)
- Expense Per Desk (EPD)
- Revenue Per Shipment (RPS)
- Revenue to Expense ratio
- Excel measurements
- Proactively monitor exception reports to ensure Expeditors is meeting key event milestones within the life of a shipment.
- Manage implementation and ensure compliance to “Standard Operating Procedures” for the client. Also, coordinate and manage SOP revisions and send updates to origins.
- Assist origin/destination operation teams, when needed, in providing operational knowledge, system demos and support on technical capabilities.
- Define TRANSCON and other opportunities within the current customer(s).
- Ensure that current and new business is set up and maintained in the most operationally efficient and productive manner.
- Have a fundamental understanding of Expeditors operational systems, including ETMS
- Build and maintaining strong relationships with service providers and customers.
- Own and manage the service provider program within the department, ensuring consistent and high level operational quality to our customers.
- Evaluate service providers at defined intervals per company policy, focusing on areas of possible improvements with corrective action plans where needed.
Customer
- Actively develop business for department through active involvement in sales and retention process and close coordination with sales department, as per company and branch’s objectives.
- Complete 5 Sales and/or Retention Calls per week and ensure they are documented in the Team Sell database.
- Ensure Customer Reviews and scorecards are completed with your regular customers.
- Pro-actively provide pricing alternatives, routing solutions and technical assistance to clients through internal sales both regional and global.
- Respond to requests for proposal, quotation or information timely and with market competitive pricing matching the scope of service required by the customer.
- Take an active role in the transition of new business/ updates to existing business.
- Maintained a good relationship with the customer at all levels (agents, management, and decision maker).
- Responsible for identifying and defining realistic service needs and measurements
- Responsible for maintaining the agreed upon scope of services
- Keep the clients abreast of the latest developments in market
- Responsible for advising the clients of new system enhancements, technology, and other value added services TRANSCON has launched.
- Responsible for retention and development of TRANSCON accounts.
Finance:
- Ensure that productivity and profitability goals for the TRANSCON department are met.
- Make sure billing process is completed and on-time
- Assist Transcon Manager with preparation of annual department budget.
- Meet monthly with Transcon Manager to review department financial P&L and productivity results and goals.
- Attend Accounts Receivable meetings and proactively work to maintain accounts payment within 30 days.
- Ensure company credit procedures are followed and utilized effectively.
- Manage accounts payable to vendors (truckers etc.) utilizing BNP.
- Manage intercompany accounting discrepancies via AJAX report.
- Review Daily Branch Revenue report (Daily).
- Ensure any contracts, vendor, customer or other, are reviewed in accordance to company contract policies prior to being signed.
- Follow company capex procedure for the purchasing of any equipment for your staff or department.
- Utilize TOP 20 ACCOUNTS and CLIENT REVENUE reports to continually evaluate the development of you departmental client base and the revenue distribution amounts and % of top clients, and work towards goal of balanced customer base (no more than 10% revenue by one customer)
Compliance:
- Promote compliance in diligently following all company policies and regulations and in being the role model of integrity and pride for all employees.
- Proactively communicate with the team to ensure continuous awareness and understanding of policies and regulations.
- Maintain a positive relationship with the Trade Compliance Manager and support all compliance efforts and trainings.
Culture:
- Proactively promote the company’s 10 cultural attributes: Appearance, Attitude, Confidence, Curiosity, Excellence, Integrity, Pride, Resolute, Sense of Humor, and Visionary.
Systems:
- Ensure department is using all system tools to their greatest advantage based on your department size and organization. (e.g. using TRANSCON workflow, export and import database, and other system generated reports to manage by exception)
- Be open to implementing new system changes and enhancements into your branch.
- Be involved and suggest system/process improvements.
- Set the tone of this environment within your branch.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS:
Knowledge:
- Expeditors company policies and procedures knowledge
- A good understanding of Expeditors’ products, services and systems
- Strong market and competition knowledge
Skills:
- Effective interpersonal skills, including proven abilities to listen, comprehend, effectively communicate clearly and concisely to obtain positive results.
- Good Microsoft Office skills (Excel, Word etc.)
- Proven negotiation skills
- Fluent English
Behaviors:
- Emotional resilience
- Self-reflecting and open to feedback
- Initiative and ability to work in autonomy
- Proven leadership attitude and background
- Professional appearance and attitude
- Being reliable and accurate
- Being supportive of change
- Being an advocate of Expeditors culture at all times
- Being Approachable and Proactive
Qualifications
Training Requirements:
- Meet company standards of 52 hours training per year, including as needed management/leadership training
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree (B.A.) from a four year college or university; or 2 + years of Supervisory roles
Additional Information
Expeditors offers excellent benefits:
- Training and Personnel Development Program
- Growth opportunities within the company
“We’re not in the shipping business; we’re in the information business” -Peter Rose, Expeditors Founder
Global supply chain management is what we do, but at the heart of Expeditors you will find professionalism, leadership, and a friendly environment, all of which foster an innovative, customer service-based approach to logistics.
- 19,000 trained professionals
- 300+ locations worldwide
- Fortune 500
- Globally unified systems
Job Description
To ensure that TRANSCON customers are well transitioned and served from/in the destination or managing branch; To further develop the TRANSCON product in the marketplace through focus on Operations, Finances, Sales, People, Systems, and Culture in adherence to the company’s policy and procedures.
TRANSCON (Domestic Ground Transportation)
People:
- Develop department personnel. Show them a career, not just a job.
- Review and conduct staff appraisals timely, and at a minimum once per year per employee.
- Develop solid #2 to run operations and assists in retention.
- Ensure and assist supervisors and key staff with goal setting and monitoring.
- Conduct regular interviews with potential new personnel.
- Plan for and hold effective bi-weekly department meetings with team.
- Review department goals and business plan periodically with staff to ensure buy-in and accountability.
- Be responsible for the training and development of TRANSCON staff within the branch
- Meet company standards of 52 hours training per year, including as needed management/leadership training
Operations:
- Oversee the management of the branch TRANSCON department.
-
Proactively monitor various shipment reports such as
- Shipments Per Desk (SPD)
- Revenue Per Desk (RPD)
- Expense Per Desk (EPD)
- Revenue Per Shipment (RPS)
- Revenue to Expense ratio
- Excel measurements
- Proactively monitor exception reports to ensure Expeditors is meeting key event milestones within the life of a shipment.
- Manage implementation and ensure compliance to “Standard Operating Procedures” for the client. Also, coordinate and manage SOP revisions and send updates to origins.
- Assist origin/destination operation teams, when needed, in providing operational knowledge, system demos and support on technical capabilities.
- Define TRANSCON and other opportunities within the current customer(s).
- Ensure that current and new business is set up and maintained in the most operationally efficient and productive manner.
- Have a fundamental understanding of Expeditors operational systems, including ETMS
- Build and maintaining strong relationships with service providers and customers.
- Own and manage the service provider program within the department, ensuring consistent and high level operational quality to our customers.
- Evaluate service providers at defined intervals per company policy, focusing on areas of possible improvements with corrective action plans where needed.
Customer
- Actively develop business for department through active involvement in sales and retention process and close coordination with sales department, as per company and branch’s objectives.
- Complete 5 Sales and/or Retention Calls per week and ensure they are documented in the Team Sell database.
- Ensure Customer Reviews and scorecards are completed with your regular customers.
- Pro-actively provide pricing alternatives, routing solutions and technical assistance to clients through internal sales both regional and global.
- Respond to requests for proposal, quotation or information timely and with market competitive pricing matching the scope of service required by the customer.
- Take an active role in the transition of new business/ updates to existing business.
- Maintained a good relationship with the customer at all levels (agents, management, and decision maker).
- Responsible for identifying and defining realistic service needs and measurements
- Responsible for maintaining the agreed upon scope of services
- Keep the clients abreast of the latest developments in market
- Responsible for advising the clients of new system enhancements, technology, and other value added services TRANSCON has launched.
- Responsible for retention and development of TRANSCON accounts.
Finance:
- Ensure that productivity and profitability goals for the TRANSCON department are met.
- Make sure billing process is completed and on-time
- Assist Transcon Manager with preparation of annual department budget.
- Meet monthly with Transcon Manager to review department financial P&L and productivity results and goals.
- Attend Accounts Receivable meetings and proactively work to maintain accounts payment within 30 days.
- Ensure company credit procedures are followed and utilized effectively.
- Manage accounts payable to vendors (truckers etc.) utilizing BNP.
- Manage intercompany accounting discrepancies via AJAX report.
- Review Daily Branch Revenue report (Daily).
- Ensure any contracts, vendor, customer or other, are reviewed in accordance to company contract policies prior to being signed.
- Follow company capex procedure for the purchasing of any equipment for your staff or department.
- Utilize TOP 20 ACCOUNTS and CLIENT REVENUE reports to continually evaluate the development of you departmental client base and the revenue distribution amounts and % of top clients, and work towards goal of balanced customer base (no more than 10% revenue by one customer)
Compliance:
- Promote compliance in diligently following all company policies and regulations and in being the role model of integrity and pride for all employees.
- Proactively communicate with the team to ensure continuous awareness and understanding of policies and regulations.
- Maintain a positive relationship with the Trade Compliance Manager and support all compliance efforts and trainings.
Culture:
- Proactively promote the company’s 10 cultural attributes: Appearance, Attitude, Confidence, Curiosity, Excellence, Integrity, Pride, Resolute, Sense of Humor, and Visionary.
Systems:
- Ensure department is using all system tools to their greatest advantage based on your department size and organization. (e.g. using TRANSCON workflow, export and import database, and other system generated reports to manage by exception)
- Be open to implementing new system changes and enhancements into your branch.
- Be involved and suggest system/process improvements.
- Set the tone of this environment within your branch.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS:
Knowledge:
- Expeditors company policies and procedures knowledge
- A good understanding of Expeditors’ products, services and systems
- Strong market and competition knowledge
Skills:
- Effective interpersonal skills, including proven abilities to listen, comprehend, effectively communicate clearly and concisely to obtain positive results.
- Good Microsoft Office skills (Excel, Word etc.)
- Proven negotiation skills
- Fluent English
Behaviors:
- Emotional resilience
- Self-reflecting and open to feedback
- Initiative and ability to work in autonomy
- Proven leadership attitude and background
- Professional appearance and attitude
- Being reliable and accurate
- Being supportive of change
- Being an advocate of Expeditors culture at all times
- Being Approachable and Proactive
Qualifications
Training Requirements:
- Meet company standards of 52 hours training per year, including as needed management/leadership training
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree (B.A.) from a four year college or university; or 2 + years of Supervisory roles
Additional Information
Expeditors offers excellent benefits:
- Training and Personnel Development Program
- Growth opportunities within the company
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Who's Hiring
Top Industries Hiring
- Consulting & Professional Services
- Construction & Real Estate
- Education
- Food & Beverage
- Government & Public Sector
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in assistant transportation manager jobs.
- 1-3 years of experience in transportation operations or logistics coordination
- Working knowledge of DOT regulations and federal hours-of-service compliance
- Proficiency with a transportation management system such as Oracle TMS or SAP TM
- Bachelor's degree in supply chain, logistics, business, or a related field
- Strong communication and vendor management skills for carrier and driver relations
- Ability to analyze route efficiency data and generate performance reports
Tips for Your Assistant Transportation Manager Job Search
Tailor your resume to freight modes
Highlight the specific transportation modes you've managed, whether truckload, LTL, intermodal, or last-mile delivery. Hiring managers scan for mode-specific experience, and a resume that lists all of them without context reads as generic.
Certify your compliance knowledge early
Employers expect familiarity with DOT regulations and hours-of-service rules. If you don't hold a formal certification yet, complete a DOT compliance training course before applying to roles that list regulatory oversight as a core duty.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists assistant transportation manager openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Target postings that name your TMS
Filter for openings that specify the transportation management system you already know, such as Oracle TMS, MercuryGate, or SAP TM. Matching on software shortens your ramp-up time and signals to employers you can contribute on day one.
Prepare KPI stories before your interview
Interviewers for this role almost always ask about on-time delivery rates, cost-per-mile reductions, or carrier scorecards. Have two or three concrete examples ready that describe the problem, your action, and the measurable result.
Negotiate start date around peak freight cycles
If you receive an offer near peak season, such as Q4 retail shipping or produce harvest windows, propose a start date that lets you onboard before volumes surge. Employers respect candidates who understand operational timing.
Assistant Transportation Manager Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most assistant transportation managers?
The most active employers for assistant transportation managers right now are State of West Virginia, State of Maine, and WSP in the U.S., and the most openings are in Texas, California, and Pennsylvania, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Distribution-heavy industries like retail logistics and food and beverage supply chain tend to post the most consistently throughout the year.
How many assistant transportation manager jobs are remote?
About 26% of assistant transportation manager openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting the hands-on nature of most transportation operations roles. Sub-areas such as carrier procurement, compliance reporting, and TMS administration are the most likely to offer remote or hybrid arrangements compared to dispatch and yard operations functions.
How do you become an assistant transportation manager?
Start by gaining frontline experience in a dispatcher, logistics coordinator, or operations associate role to learn how freight moves day to day. Build fluency in at least one transportation management system, study DOT compliance requirements, and pursue coursework or a degree in supply chain or logistics. From there, apply to assistant manager roles that emphasize the operational areas where your experience is strongest.
Can you get hired as an assistant transportation manager with little experience?
Yes, some employers hire candidates with one to two years of relevant operations experience if the applicant demonstrates strong knowledge of freight processes and regulatory basics. Focus your applications on companies with formal training programs, smaller regional carriers that promote from within, or logistics firms where your experience in a related role, such as warehouse operations or customer freight support, is directly transferable.
What does the assistant transportation manager interview process look like?
Most processes run two to three rounds. The first is typically a screening call with HR to confirm your background and logistics experience. The second is a deeper conversation with the operations or transportation manager covering scenario-based questions about carrier disputes, delivery exceptions, and compliance issues. Final rounds often include a brief practical exercise, such as reviewing a route plan or interpreting a carrier scorecard, before an offer is extended.
Where can I find and apply to assistant transportation manager jobs?
You can find and apply to assistant transportation manager jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search for roles that match your experience in freight mode, TMS platform, or geographic region, then apply directly to each listing that fits your background.
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