Director I

Job Title:

Director I, Brokerage

Department:

Sales, Marketing & Product Management

Country:

United States of America

State/Province:

Illinois

City:

Chicago

Full/Part Time:

Full time

Job Summary:

Under administrative direction, the incumbent is responsible for some account ownership and directing the overall activities of a branch or business group to maintain growth targets and profitability, develop and grow our employees, and build and foster cross-divisional influence and external relationships to provide a best-in-class customer experience.  

Job Description:

Key Responsibilities:

• Initiate a growth focused activities to realize and capture market potential.

• Meet staffing levels and annual revenue targets.

• Foster a work environment that promotes J.B. Hunt’s values for people, performance, and ethics, and articulates potential impacts that company actions and practices may have on the business and the community.

• Properly utilize decision-making skills through managing and assuming risk as a point of escalation and maintaining financial integrity in all business matters.

• Ensure each employee understands their goals in relation to the strategic objectives of the branch or business group.

• Responsible for budget and profit margins to meet and exceed branch and enterprise goals for sales and profitability.

• Develop, lead, and motivate staff to meet branch objectives in regards to customer satisfaction, sales, and operations.

• Manage Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to accelerate business growth.

• Create and maintain business growth with top accounts to ensure successful partnership development.

Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or GED.
• WITH 5 or more years of experience in Transportation/Logistics and/or military equivalent experience, with 2 or more of those years in business administration or brokerage.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree.

• WITH 5 or more years of experience in Transportation/Logistics and/or military equivalent experience, with 4 or more of those years in business administration or brokerage.

• Possess a valid driver’s license with a clean motor vehicle record as per JBHT standards.

• Knowledge of finance and accounting practices, financial analysis, and reporting.

• Knowledge of major functional processes and associated operating requirements and the ability to apply this knowledge appropriately to diverse situations

• Ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.

• Ability to impact decisions within and outside own organization.

• Applies strategies and skills to enlist others in setting, embracing, and achieving objectives.

• Ability to drive critical activities to completion.

• Demonstrates the ability to develop an organizational culture that promotes the highest level of ethical standards and responsibility to the community.

• Applies organizational acumen to identify and maintain focus on key success factors for the organization.

• Uses expertise to coach, mentor, and challenge others both inside and outside the organization.

• Experience in establishing best practices for selling strategies for large or important customers.

• The expected starting pay range for this position is between $80,000 - $100,000.

This position is not eligible for employment-based sponsorship.

Compensation:

Factors which may affect starting pay within this range may include skills, education, experience, geography, and other qualifications of the successful candidate.  This position may be eligible for annual bonus and incentives based on profitability or volumes in accordance with the terms of the Company’s bonus and incentive plans, as applicable and in effect from time to time.

Benefits:

The Company offers the following benefits for full-time positions, subject to applicable eligibility requirements, as may be in effect from time to time: medical benefit, dental benefit, vision benefit, 401(k) retirement plan, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability coverage, paid time off commensurate with tenure (includes vacation and sick time), six weeks of paid maternity leave along with two weeks of paid parental leave, and six paid holidays annually.

Education:

Bachelors: Business Administration/Management, Bachelors: Transportation Logistics, GED (Required), High School (Required)

Work Experience:

Brokerage, Business Administration, Management-Entry Level, Transportation/Logistics

Job Opening ID:

00571693 Director I, Brokerage (Open)

“This job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification.  It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.”

J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc. is committed to basing employment decisions on the principles of equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, persons with disabilities, protected veterans or other bases by applicable law.