Operations Manager

Summary

Join WayTrade as their Operations Manager, Transportation & Logistics and manage their expansive transportation network, ensuring reliable and on-time delivery of feedstocks. You will oversee transloading operations, monitor railcar movements, communicate with suppliers and buyers, and plan trade routes. Negotiate rates with vendors, secure railcars, and support expansion into new markets. This fully remote role, based in Canada or the US, requires strong communication, prioritization, and project management skills. You will also contribute to company culture, propose efficiency improvements, and collaborate with tech teams. The ideal candidate has a Bachelor’s degree, 3-5 years of transportation experience, and proficiency in Google Sheets.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree
• Minimum 3-5 years of experience in transportation & logistics
• Experience working in railroads or related industry
• Demonstration of organizational, communication, and project management skills
• Advanced proficiency with Google Sheets (Microsoft Excel works too)

Responsibilities

• Managing transloading operations
• Monitoring railcar movements and positions
• Issuing instructions for railcar movements
• Communicating with suppliers and buyers of upcoming railcar loading & dispatching
• Planning & modeling trade routes for upcoming or pending trades
• Sourcing & negotiating trucking, transloading terminal, and railroad contracts & rates
• Reviewing transportation invoices to ensure billing and payment accuracy
• Providing daily updates to the WayTrade team on all things transportation, including railcar availability for upcoming trades, changes in railcar ETAs, and updates on key projects
• Managing quality testing operations, including ensuring testing SOPs are followed, and flagging to WayTrade team if any product quality is off spec
• Helping build company culture and operational playbooks
• Proposing opportunities for WayTrade to improve efficiency and cost structure
• Collaborating with WayTrade tech teams as we build transportation-related tech
• Supporting WayTrade’s entry into new feedstock commodities, like tallow, SBO, DCO, etc
• Supporting WayTrade’s expansion into international markets, with a transportation lens

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with marine shipping channels
• Experience transporting renewable fuel feedstocks
• Experience with technology planning and/or implementation/rollout
• Experience working in early-to-mid stage startups

Benefits

• Competitive annual salary
• Healthcare, dental, vision coverage
• Other elective benefits (ST/LT disability, life, etc) coverage
• 401k with 4% matching
• Flexible work location / remote position, some light travel required