Operations Trainee | College Graduates Welcome to Apply

JOB DESCRIPTION:
ELE Logistics is a family owned and operated company that has been serving communities for over 35 years. At ELE Logistics, you are NOT a number, but rather, you are a partner, innovator, team member, and most importantly, you are part of our dynamic and growing family. We are on a relentless mission to transform and revolutionize the trucking industry, and it starts with our Operations Specialist, whom are the engine of our company. As an Operations Specialist, you will play an instrumental role in propelling rapid sustained revenue growth, leading, coaching, developing, mentoring, and empowering a team of up to 10 truck drivers. #PeoplePowered #ServingOthers #MakingADifference

Are you ready to be part of history and evolve your career to the next dimension?

OUR TOTAL REWARDS PACKAGE:

• Leading Industry Pay: We offer a competitive total rewards package that includes a base salary plus monthly bonus program.
• Career Growth Opportunities: We are not just hiring for Specialists - we are hiring for individuals who have potential to be FUTURE Leaders within our organization with an entrepreneurial spirit to fuel our growth, while bringing our mission, vision, culture, and strategy to life.
• 9 Paid Holidays Off: At ELE Logistics, we recognize the importance of spending time with family and loved ones.
• 1 on 1 Mentorship
• PTO, Bereavement, and Sick Time
• Monday - Friday
• Weekly Pay: Get Paid Every Friday
• Dynamic, Collaborative, and Supportive Team Culture: At ELE Logistics, we believe in championing teamwork, while fostering an Open Door Policy where everyone's voice is heard. You will have the opportunity to partner and collaborate with competitive individuals who want to help ELE Logistics win with its employees and communities.
• Annual Performance & Compensation Review
• Competitions and Occasional Meals: We LOVE having fun here! Everyone works hard, and we believe in rewarding hard work! Who doesn't love GREAT food?

DUTIES / CORE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Drive Operational Excellence and Sustainability: Train, coach, inspire, empower, mentor, support, manage, and lead a team of up to 10 truck drivers while cultivating a culture derived around operational excellence, sustainability, safety, and teamwork.
• Help Owner Operators Make the American Dream Become a Reality: Ensure Owner Operator Partners are consistently grossing a MINIMUM of $6,000 per week while removing roadblocks / barriers, and ensures Owner Operator Partners are set up for success. Set goals with drivers and works persistently to ensure the goals / expectations are exceeded. Ensures that each driver is completing at least five loads per week.
• Maximize Driver Potential: Find each driver's hidden potential, and help them unleash it to the fullest extent. Understand their strengths, opportunities, and put them in the best situation to be successful. Tactically work with drivers to make opportunities become strengths. Works to increase top and bottom line for each driver and coaches on leading industry practices.
• Build / Craft Strong Meaningful Relationships: Build a personable connection with your team of truck drivers while demonstrating unflagging empathy and relentless support. We want our drivers to know that we are FIGHTING to deliver for both them and their families EVERY SINGLE DAY. Build trust, and each and every single driver that we truly value them to the point where they would do anything for you. Understand and uncover what motivates your drivers.
• Provide A Legendary World-class Customer Experience: The level of superior service that we provide to our truck drivers is part of our competitive advantage to win big in the marketplace. Serve as a strategic business consultant for our Owner Operator Partners.
• Grow a Steady Network of Brokers / Customers: Proactively builds trust and rapport with quality brokers and expands ELE's network of freight, so ELE can create more value for its drivers.
• Master Negotiator: Consistently negotiate the highest load rates as possible for your team of drivers to increase their gross revenue. Books quality and efficient loads for drivers while planning ahead for the following day.
• Go The Extra Mile: At ELE, we do not want to just meet expectations, but we want to CRUSH them out of the park. We allocate and exert all energy and resources towards ensuring our drivers are set up to win!
• Create Value For Our Drivers: Serve as a brand ambassador for ELE Logistics while creating value for your team of drivers that differentiates our brand from the competition. Bring ELE's culture, mission, vision, strategy, and blueprint to life every single day.
• Always Evolving: Stay in-tune on emerging and evolving industry and market trends
• Flawless Safety Execution: At ELE Logistics, there is no such thing as an accident. We believe all accidents can be prevented. You will play an instrumental role in ensuring your team of drivers are compliant with all DOT regulations while maintaining logs and managing their clock effectively.
• Firefighter: When "fires" do arise, it is important that you quash them immediately and reflect on what caused the issue to emplode and develop preventative strategies to ensure the same issue does not reoccur in order to ensure our operations are running seamlessley.

WHAT YOU WILL BRING TO THE TABLE:

• Impeccable Determination, Drive, Resilience, and Grit: Mindset to outwork anyone and be the best of the best while never settling.
• Strategic Planning & Analytical Problem Solving: Consistently looks to ascertain the "root cause" of underlying issues. Forward thinking individual who is not just thinking about today, but is game planning for tomorrow, next week, and the future.
• 4 Year College Degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Business, or related field preferred but not a requirement
• Extraordinary Time Management, Follow-up, and Negotiation Skills
• Growth Mindset
• Entrepreneurial spirit and passion for serving others while making a monumental difference.
• Prior logistics experience in fleet management, dispatching, and supply chain management is a plus
• Effective Communication

WHO WE ARE / OUR VALUES:

• Serving Others: At ELE Logistics, we pride ourselves in passionately serving our customers, employees, and communities every single day.
• Being Part of Something Bigger: We are much more than a trucking company. The world would not be the same without ELE Logistics. We are here to make a monumental difference and be a light in the darkness with the lives that we have the opportunity to impact.
• Strive For Excellence: Our communities deserve to know that they can count on ELE Logistics to deliver product wherever and whenever they need it. We are on a mission to completely revolutionize the trucking industry.
• Treat People the Way You Would Want to Be Treated: At ELE Logistics, we value respect, integrity, and teamwork. We want to create a dynamic and inclusive environment where everyone can thrive. We believe that everyone deserves to be successful and that everyone should be able to be able to have the dream job that they want.
• Taking Action: We always strive to be at the forefront of every single movement in the industry. We want to be proactive and not reactive.
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Diversity and Inclusion is what skyrockets our growth. We employ people of all backgrounds and experience. Every single employee has his / her own story, and we foster a culture where everyone can be included and feel empowered. We value diversity of thought.

At ELE Logistics, we are a people powered business. Our success does not come without remarkable people. If you want to be part of an amazing organization that puts its people at the heart of everything we do, then we look forward to receiving your application.

Career Website: https://elelogistics.com/careers/

Instagram: ELE_Logistics

ELE Logistics is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status. For accommodations, please reach out to (704) 253 - 8280 for assistance.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $38,000.00 - $50,000.00 per year

Shift:

• Day shift

Ability to Commute:

• Charlotte, NC 28269 (Preferred)

Ability to Relocate:

• Charlotte, NC 28269: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $38,000 - $50,000