Intermodal Equipment Team Manager
Chicago, Illinois, United States · Posted 15 days agoDescription
About the Role:
As the Intermodal Equipment Team Manager, you will play a critical strategic an operational leadership role within Uber Freight’s intermodal network. In this role, you will serve as the primary subject matter expert on intermodal capacity dynamics and macro market trends. You’ll collaborate closely with internal operations, railroad partners, and third-party vendors to meet customer capacity commitments, control financial risk, and maximize efficiency. If you are a collaborative leader with deep rail/intermodal expertise, strong analytical skills, and a track record of building high-performing teams, this role is a great opportunity to make a high-visibility impact.
What the Candidate Will Do:
- Drive the strategy and processes for how the Team collaborates with Operating staff and vendors to secure intermodal container capacity.
- Main escalation point in engaging railroad partners when capacity demands are not met
- Maintain an in-depth knowledge of the intermodal capacity ecosystem within Uber Freight and the greater macro intermodal market. Outline expectations and provide support to the team in understanding and executing our capacity commitments to customers. This may include but not be limited to equipment allocations, award management, street turn utilization, and effectively leveraging internal systems, resources or vendors websites to secure equipment and gate reservations.
- Train, mentor, and manage team to ensure all company policies are adhered to
- Coach team on equipment, capacity, and network optimization best practices. Develop individuals through continuous feedback, providing positive feedback and recognition to reiterate behavior, while also delivering constructive ideas for competency improvement.
- Develop railroad relationships meant to enrich the partnership between our organizations
- Continuously monitor financial risk levels with vendor accessorials and expenses required to successfully manage the network capacity.
- Rail Storage reporting will be involved with this but not right away.
- Hold team accountable for SLA. Monitor performance via Front or similar tools
- Amend and update customer equipment allocations per market and region during peak season
- Leverage, analyze and validate available trend reporting to derive insights around equipment capacity, securing gate reservations, network optimization, and team behavior.
- Develop and deploy solutions to increase profitability and/or employee efficiency through root cause analysis.
Basic Qualifications:
- Prior Intermodal Experience within capacity solutions, operations, or related experience.
- Prior experience with Bloom or related technology/railroad websites
- Proficiency with MS Excel and/or Google Sheets
Preferred Qualifications:
- Prior leadership or prior management experience leading a team
- Strong ability to build relationships and work cross collaboratively
- Exceptional organizational skills with a proven ability to prioritize competing deadlines and streamline team workflows
- Clear, adaptable verbal and written communication skills to effectively align stakeholders
Benefits & Compensation for U.S. Employees
Employees working more than 30 hours in the US at Uber Freight are eligible for benefits like a company sponsored health plan, dental and vision benefits, 401k match, financial and mental wellness benefits, parental leave, short- and long-term disability coverage, life insurance and more. US based employees may also be eligible for a performance or sales incentive bonus program, participation in Uber Freight equity awards, and other types of compensation depending upon the role.
Illinois: The target salary for this position is between $79,000- $97,000
About Uber Freight
Uber Freight helps companies move goods more reliably and efficiently. We bring together the technology, people, and transportation capacity they need, using real‑time data from millions of shipments to guide smarter decisions. That helps customers spot issues early, avoid costly surprises, and deliver on time. Uber Freight works with 1 in 3 Fortune 500 shippers across North America and manages over $17B in freight. Learn more at www.uberfreight.com.
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EEOC
Uber Freight is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.
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