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 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 maintain 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 Qualification:
High School Diploma/GED with 5 or more years of experience in Transportation/Logistics, with 2 or more of those years in business administration or brokerage. Preferred Qualification: Bachelor’s Degree with 5 or more years of experience in Transportation/Logistics, with 4 or more of those years in business administration or brokerage; posses a valid driver’s license with a clean motor vehicle record as per JBH 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
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:
00401217 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.”
