Also called: VP of Operations (Trucking), Fleet Operations Director, Terminal Manager
Runs a trucking fleet's day-to-day operations: drivers, dispatch, safety, maintenance, and on-time delivery.
You review on-time numbers and fuel costs each morning, meet with the safety team about an accident, and plan how to cover a big customer's holiday surge. You manage managers, and you make the call on major problems.
Based on BLS transportation, storage, and distribution managers.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 10 years after high school. Bachelor's in supply chain, business, or logistics is common, plus years of trucking operations experience.
Ways in: 4-year college, On-the-job training. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Business Administration.
Growing faster than average (about 5% over 10 years). Steady.
Medium risk for 10 years. AI optimizes routes, dispatch and maintenance; leading drivers and handling crises stay human, with leaner management.
Classes: Business, Statistics, Computer applications.
Official data: O*NET occupation 11-3071.
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