Senior Operations Manager – LA/LB Drayage at Private… · Long Beach

Location: Los Angeles / Long Beach, CA
Company: Best Bay Trucking
Job Type: Full-Time
Compensation: Competitive Base Salary + Performance Bonus

About the Role

Best Bay Trucking is seeking an experienced Senior Operations Manager to help lead the strategy, development, and continued growth of our Los Angeles/Long Beach drayage operation.

This is a strategic leadership position, not a day-to-day dispatch role. Our centralized operations team manages daily dispatch execution. We are looking for an experienced LA/LB drayage professional who can take a broader view of the market and help us strengthen our operation through capacity development, industry relationships, operational planning, productivity improvement, and cost management.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, strong relationships within the Southern California drayage community, and a proven ability to build and improve large-scale transportation operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Help develop and execute the overall strategy for our LA/LB drayage operation
• Evaluate current operations and identify opportunities to improve capacity, productivity, efficiency, service, and profitability
• Build and strengthen our network of owner-operators and strategic carrier partners
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with port terminals, chassis providers, container yards, warehouses, rail facilities, carriers, and other key industry partners
• Develop capacity strategies to support new customers, large-volume accounts, and seasonal volume increases
• Evaluate and improve yard, chassis, equipment, driver, and owner-operator strategies
• Monitor market conditions, terminal developments, capacity trends, equipment availability, and other changes affecting LA/LB drayage
• Identify operational bottlenecks and develop practical, scalable solutions
• Improve asset and capacity utilization while identifying opportunities to reduce unnecessary operating costs
• Work closely with executive leadership, Sales, Customer Service, and centralized Operations to ensure operational capabilities are aligned with business growth
• Help develop scalable processes and infrastructure capable of supporting significantly higher volumes
• Support strategic vendor relationships and negotiations
• Provide senior leadership with market intelligence, operational analysis, and recommendations
• Identify potential risks and capacity constraints before they impact customers or operations

What We’re Looking For

• 7+ years of drayage/intermodal transportation experience preferred
• Significant experience in a senior operations, terminal, market, or regional leadership role
• Deep knowledge of the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach and the Southern California drayage market
• Strong understanding of port terminals, chassis, container yards, rail ramps, equipment flows, and owner-operator networks
• Established relationships within the LA/LB transportation and logistics community
• Proven ability to build and maintain owner-operator and carrier capacity
• Experience supporting or managing high-volume drayage operations
• Strong understanding of operational economics, productivity, equipment utilization, capacity costs, and profitability
• Strong analytical, negotiation, and relationship-management skills
• Ability to think strategically while still understanding the realities of day-to-day drayage operations
• Strong leadership, communication, and problem-solving abilities
• A high level of ownership and accountability

What Success Looks Like

Success in this position goes beyond managing today's freight.

We are looking for someone who can help us build a stronger, more scalable LA/LB operation by expanding dependable capacity, improving productivity and utilization, strengthening industry relationships, controlling costs, and ensuring our operational infrastructure stays ahead of our growth.

The right person will understand not only how LA/LB drayage works today, but how to position the operation for where the business is going next.

Compensation & Performance Bonus

Best Bay offers a competitive base salary plus a performance-based bonus tied to measurable results, including:

• Capacity development and stability
• Owner-operator and carrier network growth
• Operational productivity and efficiency
• Cost management and profitability
• Yard, chassis, and equipment utilization
• Strategic relationship development
• Customer service performance
• Successful support of new business and volume growth

Why Best Bay

Best Bay is a growing transportation and logistics organization with operations across major U.S. freight markets.

Our LA/LB operation is a significant part of our business and continues to grow. We are looking for an experienced industry leader who can help us strengthen the infrastructure, capacity, relationships, and strategy needed to support that growth.

This is an opportunity to have a meaningful influence on one of our most important markets and help shape the next stage of our LA/LB operation.

If you have extensive LA/LB drayage experience, strong industry relationships, and a track record of building, improving, and scaling transportation operations, we would like to hear from you.

Best Bay Trucking is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Pay: $80,000.00 - $110,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person