Operations Manager, Transportation & Logistics

WayTrade is a technology-first platform that optimizes feedstock trades by connecting to hundreds of feedstock suppliers domestically and across the globe.

WayTrade’s platform allows feedstock buyers and sellers to manage every aspect of their feedstock trading experience.

The platform handles counterparty matching, logistics, transportation, financial transactions, inventory management, pricing, tracking, and more.

The Opportunity As Operations Manager, Transportation & Logistics you will work directly with the Market Operations team to manage WayTrade’s expansive transportation network, with the goal of delivering feedstocks to our buyers reliably, on time, and in compliance with regulatory and transportation standards.

The primary focus of your role is to manage operations related to transporting feedstocks throughout our network, including dispatching railcars, managing transloading and testing operations, and communicating transportation updates and timelines to the WayTrade team.

This work will enable us to grow the business, optimize costs and therefore margin, as well as demonstrate to the feedstock marketplace that WayTrade is on time and reliable.

In addition, you will bring your transportation expertise to the WayTrade team in order to elevate the team’s transportation savviness, negotiate rates with railroads, trucking vendors, and transloading terminals, secure new tranches of railcars to add to our existing fleet, and support expansion into new markets and product types.

This role is fully remote and can be located anywhere in Canada or the United States

Key Responsibilities

Primary

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

Secondary

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

About you

You're a Self-starter. You will have guidance and mentorship but the expectation is you will be able to make your own execution plans and manage your own time.

You're a Strong communicator. You will have to feel comfortable reaching out to transportation providers, vendors, buyers and suppliers, and following up accordingly. In addition, our team is here to help you give you exposure to building early stage companies but require your input on what would be most valuable to you.

You have exceptional Prioritization and time management skills. You will at times be confronted with several competing priorities, and it will be your responsibility to determine what is most important based on factors like contractual commitments, internal deadlines, and external risks. You will be expected to utilize your time, as well as your teammates’ time, efficiently and effectively during the work week. You will be expected to work normal business hours.

Qualifications

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)

Bonus if have experience working with marine shipping channels

Bonus if have experience transporting renewable fuel feedstocks

Bonus if have experience with technology planning and/or implementation/rollout

Bonus if you have experience working in early-to-mid stage startups

Compensation & 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

Work alongside talented, ambitious, entrepreneurial, and friendly team

Remote

We’re a small, ambitious team with big goals and a deep commitment to building something exceptional. While we’re fully remote across Canada and the U.S., we come together every few months for a few days of connection, alignment, and a lot of laughs. Every person we hire shapes both our success and our culture. We value people who want to be here, want to build, and aren’t afraid to raise a hand when they need support. If that sounds like you, we’d love to meet.