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Job Description:
Build the Skills. Lead the Operation. Drive the Results.
About This Opportunity
If you’re looking for a role where no two days are the same and your impact is felt immediately, the Ryder Operations Management Trainee program was built for you. This is a cross-functional, hands-on training experience that positions you to lead at the intersection of operations, customer success, and business performance.
Schedule: 8 AM to 4:30 PM
Salary: $55,000
As an Operations Management Trainee, you’ll work across Operations, Asset Management, Sales, Quality, and Rental — developing a well-rounded business foundation while contributing to real cost savings, customer retention, and metric-driven results from day one.
What You’ll Experience
This program gives you broad, meaningful exposure across every key pillar of the business:
- Operations Management – Oversee technician work planning, PM scheduling, vehicle status, and maintenance processes that keep the business running efficiently
- Customer Relationship Management – Be the face of Ryder for your customers — proactively managing accounts, resolving issues, and driving satisfaction
- Asset & Fleet Management – Coordinate rental and lease utilization to maximize asset performance without compromising customer commitments
- Sales Collaboration – Partner with the sales team on customer calls to support new business development and deepen existing relationships
- Financial Acumen – Manage running costs and maintenance overheads, learning how operational decisions directly impact the bottom line
- Cross-Functional Leadership – Work alongside Maintenance, Asset Management, Sales, and Marketing to deliver results as one team
Why Ryder?
Ryder isn’t just a great place to grow your career — it’s a company that has been recognized time and again for excellence, integrity, and its commitment to people:
- One of the Most Trustworthy Companies in America – Newsweek
- America’s Best Large Employers – Forbes
- World’s Most Admired Companies – Fortune Magazine
- Top Company for Women to Work for in Transportation – Women in Trucking
- Overdrive Award – General Motors
- Food Logistics’ Top 3PL Award – SDC EXEC
- Reader’s Choice Excellence Awards – Inbound Logistics
- Top Women to Watch in Transportation
- Supplier Environmental Excellence Award – Verizon
We’re also committed to a greener future — Ryder operates the largest electric vehicle (EV) fleet footprint in the United States.
Hear directly from the people who work here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usBbl6L1V6E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b24PFgxvVS0
Essential Functions
- Responsible for customer relationship activities by providing quality customer interface, proactive customer management, issue resolution, and customer satisfaction
- Coordinate with the rental department to ensure maximum utilization without compromising lease customers
- Partner with Sales staff on customer calls for new business and increased customer satisfaction
- Manage running costs and maintenance overheads; ensure policy and processes are followed to optimize running costs and maintenance overhead
- Accountable for coordinating with Maintenance, Asset Management, Sales, and Marketing to ensure customer satisfaction
- Ensure accurate PM scheduling and follow up, breakdowns, and vehicle status updates; oversee Technician work planning for efficiency, training, and flexibility
Additional Responsibilities
- Relocation within the business unit at the conclusion of the training program is required
- Performs other duties as assigned
Skills and Abilities
- Detail oriented with excellent follow-up practices, Required
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, Required
- Instills commitment to organizational goals, Required
- Capable of multi-tasking, highly organized, with excellent time management skills; able to prioritize work, Required
- Flexibility to operate and self-driven to excel in a fast-paced environment, Required
- Strong mechanical skills, Required
- Effective interpersonal skills; excellent influencing skills, Required
- Ability to create and maintain professional relationships within all levels of the organization (peers, work groups, customers, supervisors), Required
- Ability to work independently and as a member of a team, Required
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree, Required.
- 1 year or more in customer service with issues resolution experience, Preferred.
- Strong PC knowledge/skills to include spreadsheet and word processing software packages Advanced, Required.
- Basic understanding of Business Finance, controls and metrics Beginner, Required.
Job Category: Operations and Support
Compensation Information:
The compensation offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors, including the candidate’s relevant experience; education, including relevant degrees or certifications; work location; market data/ranges; internal equity; internal salary ranges; etc. The position may also be eligible to receive an annual bonus, commission, and/or long-term incentive plan based on the level and/or type. Compensation ranges for the position are below:
Pay Type:
Salaried
Minimum Pay Range:
$55,000
Maximum Pay Range:
$55,000
Benefits Information:
For all Full-time positions only: Ryder offers comprehensive health and welfare benefits, to include medical, prescription, dental, vision, life insurance and disability insurance options, as well as paid time off for vacation, illness, bereavement, family and parental leave, and a tax-advantaged 401(k) retirement savings plan.
Ryder is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and Drug Free workplace.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability.
Important Note:
Some positions require additional screening that may include employment and education verification; motor vehicle records check and a road test; and/or badging or background requirements of the customer to which you are assigned.
Security Notice for Applicants:
Ryder will only communicate with an applicant directly from a [@ryder.com] email address and will never conduct an interview online through a chat type forum, messaging app (such as WhatsApp or Telegram), or via an online questionnaire. During an interview, Ryder will never ask for any form of payment or banking details and will never solicit personal information outside of the formal submitted application through www.ryder.com/careers.
Should you have any questions regarding the application process or to verify the legitimacy of an interview or Ryder representative, please contact Ryder at careers@ryder.com or 800-793-3754.
Current Employees:
If you are a current employee at Ryder, please click here to log in to Workday to apply using the internal application process.
Job Description:
Build the Skills. Lead the Operation. Drive the Results.
About This Opportunity
If you’re looking for a role where no two days are the same and your impact is felt immediately, the Ryder Operations Management Trainee program was built for you. This is a cross-functional, hands-on training experience that positions you to lead at the intersection of operations, customer success, and business performance.
Schedule: 8 AM to 4:30 PM
Salary: $55,000
As an Operations Management Trainee, you’ll work across Operations, Asset Management, Sales, Quality, and Rental — developing a well-rounded business foundation while contributing to real cost savings, customer retention, and metric-driven results from day one.
What You’ll Experience
This program gives you broad, meaningful exposure across every key pillar of the business:
- Operations Management – Oversee technician work planning, PM scheduling, vehicle status, and maintenance processes that keep the business running efficiently
- Customer Relationship Management – Be the face of Ryder for your customers — proactively managing accounts, resolving issues, and driving satisfaction
- Asset & Fleet Management – Coordinate rental and lease utilization to maximize asset performance without compromising customer commitments
- Sales Collaboration – Partner with the sales team on customer calls to support new business development and deepen existing relationships
- Financial Acumen – Manage running costs and maintenance overheads, learning how operational decisions directly impact the bottom line
- Cross-Functional Leadership – Work alongside Maintenance, Asset Management, Sales, and Marketing to deliver results as one team
Why Ryder?
Ryder isn’t just a great place to grow your career — it’s a company that has been recognized time and again for excellence, integrity, and its commitment to people:
- One of the Most Trustworthy Companies in America – Newsweek
- America’s Best Large Employers – Forbes
- World’s Most Admired Companies – Fortune Magazine
- Top Company for Women to Work for in Transportation – Women in Trucking
- Overdrive Award – General Motors
- Food Logistics’ Top 3PL Award – SDC EXEC
- Reader’s Choice Excellence Awards – Inbound Logistics
- Top Women to Watch in Transportation
- Supplier Environmental Excellence Award – Verizon
We’re also committed to a greener future — Ryder operates the largest electric vehicle (EV) fleet footprint in the United States.
Hear directly from the people who work here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usBbl6L1V6E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b24PFgxvVS0
Essential Functions
- Responsible for customer relationship activities by providing quality customer interface, proactive customer management, issue resolution, and customer satisfaction
- Coordinate with the rental department to ensure maximum utilization without compromising lease customers
- Partner with Sales staff on customer calls for new business and increased customer satisfaction
- Manage running costs and maintenance overheads; ensure policy and processes are followed to optimize running costs and maintenance overhead
- Accountable for coordinating with Maintenance, Asset Management, Sales, and Marketing to ensure customer satisfaction
- Ensure accurate PM scheduling and follow up, breakdowns, and vehicle status updates; oversee Technician work planning for efficiency, training, and flexibility
Additional Responsibilities
- Relocation within the business unit at the conclusion of the training program is required
- Performs other duties as assigned
Skills and Abilities
- Detail oriented with excellent follow-up practices, Required
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, Required
- Instills commitment to organizational goals, Required
- Capable of multi-tasking, highly organized, with excellent time management skills; able to prioritize work, Required
- Flexibility to operate and self-driven to excel in a fast-paced environment, Required
- Strong mechanical skills, Required
- Effective interpersonal skills; excellent influencing skills, Required
- Ability to create and maintain professional relationships within all levels of the organization (peers, work groups, customers, supervisors), Required
- Ability to work independently and as a member of a team, Required
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree, Required.
- 1 year or more in customer service with issues resolution experience, Preferred.
- Strong PC knowledge/skills to include spreadsheet and word processing software packages Advanced, Required.
- Basic understanding of Business Finance, controls and metrics Beginner, Required.
Job Category: Operations and Support
Compensation Information:
The compensation offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors, including the candidate’s relevant experience; education, including relevant degrees or certifications; work location; market data/ranges; internal equity; internal salary ranges; etc. The position may also be eligible to receive an annual bonus, commission, and/or long-term incentive plan based on the level and/or type. Compensation ranges for the position are below:
Pay Type:
Salaried
Minimum Pay Range:
$55,000
Maximum Pay Range:
$55,000
Benefits Information:
For all Full-time positions only: Ryder offers comprehensive health and welfare benefits, to include medical, prescription, dental, vision, life insurance and disability insurance options, as well as paid time off for vacation, illness, bereavement, family and parental leave, and a tax-advantaged 401(k) retirement savings plan.
Ryder is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and Drug Free workplace.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability.
Important Note:
Some positions require additional screening that may include employment and education verification; motor vehicle records check and a road test; and/or badging or background requirements of the customer to which you are assigned.
Security Notice for Applicants:
Ryder will only communicate with an applicant directly from a [@ryder.com] email address and will never conduct an interview online through a chat type forum, messaging app (such as WhatsApp or Telegram), or via an online questionnaire. During an interview, Ryder will never ask for any form of payment or banking details and will never solicit personal information outside of the formal submitted application through www.ryder.com/careers.
Should you have any questions regarding the application process or to verify the legitimacy of an interview or Ryder representative, please contact Ryder at careers@ryder.com or 800-793-3754.
Current Employees:
If you are a current employee at Ryder, please click here to log in to Workday to apply using the internal application process.
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A snapshot from current openings nationwide, updated as new roles post.
Who's Hiring
- 7-Eleven69
- Ryder System10
- Web Team Associates10
- Circle K5
- Pilot Travel Centers4
Top Industries Hiring
- Retail79
- Distribution & Wholesale7
- Technology & Software5
- Chemicals & Materials4
- Food & Beverage3
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in operations management trainee jobs.
- Bachelor's degree in business administration, industrial engineering, supply chain, or a related field
- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel for data analysis, scheduling, and operational reporting
- Demonstrated ability to manage projects, coordinate teams, and meet deadlines in fast-paced environments
- Familiarity with inventory management systems, ERP platforms, or warehouse management software
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills applied to process improvement or cost-reduction scenarios
- Willingness to relocate or work across multiple facility sites during the training rotation period
Tips for Your Operations Management Trainee Job Search
Quantify process improvements on your resume
Operations management trainee resumes stand out when they show measurable results. Replace vague descriptions like 'improved efficiency' with specifics such as reduced cycle time or cut waste by a concrete amount from an internship, class project, or part-time role.
Highlight rotational program readiness
Many trainee programs rotate you across departments before a permanent placement. Mention any cross-functional experience, coursework in multiple business disciplines, or team projects that required adapting quickly to new processes or unfamiliar workflows.
Target industries that match your degree emphasis
Manufacturing and logistics programs often prefer industrial engineering or supply chain backgrounds, while retail and financial services lean toward business administration. Tailoring your application to industries aligned with your academic focus lifts your match rate meaningfully.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists operations management trainee openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Prepare a structured problem-solving story
Interviews for trainee roles almost always include a scenario question about fixing a broken process or resolving a bottleneck. Draft one clear example using a situation, the actions you took, and the outcome, so you can adapt it to whatever scenario the interviewer presents.
Negotiate your rotation preferences before accepting
Once you receive an offer, ask whether trainees can express preferences for which departments they rotate through first. Getting a rotation in your strongest area early builds credibility and can influence where you land after the program ends.
Operations Management Trainee Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most operations management trainees?
The companies hiring the most operations management trainees right now include 7-Eleven, Ryder System, and Web Team Associates, with the largest share of openings in Texas, Tennessee, and Kentucky, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of June 2026. Program sizes and active hiring cycles shift throughout the year, so checking listings frequently gives you the most accurate picture.
How many operations management trainee jobs are remote?
About 2% of operations management trainee openings are fully remote or hybrid as of June 2026, which is lower than many other business roles because the work is tied to physical facilities and teams. Sub-areas like data analysis, process documentation, and program coordination tend to offer the most location flexibility within trainee programs.
How do you become an operations management trainee?
Earn a bachelor's degree in business administration, supply chain, industrial engineering, or a closely related field, since most formal trainee programs require one. Build hands-on experience through internships, co-ops, or part-time work in warehousing, retail, or manufacturing. Apply directly to structured rotational trainee programs at employers in industries that match your coursework, and be prepared to demonstrate analytical and leadership skills during a multi-stage interview process.
Can you get hired as an operations management trainee with little experience?
Yes, many operations management trainee programs are specifically designed for recent graduates with limited professional experience. Employers in this space prioritize degree relevance, problem-solving aptitude, and a willingness to relocate or work across departments over prior full-time work history. Internship experience, campus leadership roles, and class projects involving process analysis or team coordination all strengthen an entry-level application meaningfully.
What does the operations management trainee interview process look like?
The process typically begins with a phone or video screen focused on your background and motivation for operations work, followed by a behavioral interview using structured questions about teamwork, problem-solving, and handling competing priorities. Many employers add a case study or scenario exercise where you analyze a process problem and propose a solution. Final rounds often include a panel interview with operations leaders and, for rotational programs, a conversation about placement preferences.
Where can I find and apply to operations management trainee jobs?
You can find and apply to operations management trainee jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from employers across the United States. Search the listings to find roles that match your background and apply directly to each one that fits.
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