Optimal Dynamics is a high-growth company focused on innovation in freight and transportation planning. They are seeking a seasoned operations-focused professional to support the customer lifecycle, driving adoption and operational alignment of their SaaS platform within client organizations.
Responsibilities:
- Serve as the operational liaison between the customer and the internal deployment and technical teams throughout new client implementations
- Translate the voice of the customer across operational processes, turning challenges into wins
- Drive change management efforts within client organizations to encourage new ways of thinking and working
- Build trusted relationships with customer operations leaders and frontline teams. You’ll both present strategic insights remotely and travel to customer locations to support training, adoption, and executive alignment
- Identify operational gaps and recommend process adjustments to maximize solution impact and expand on structured workflows aligned with our SaaS platform
- Partner closely with technical project managers and integration teams to ensure data and system alignment
- Analyze operational data in Excel to support deployment decisions, track performance, and identify opportunities for improvement
- Understanding of TMS, telematics platforms, transportation analytics systems, or optimization tools
Requirements:
- In depth understanding of carrier operations, fleet management, and logistics execution
- Demonstrated experience driving operational improvements and change management in the transportation industry
- A passion for process improvements, organizational excellence and seeing real-life impact of solutions
- Director level experience across carrier fleet operations, dispatch, network planning, capacity planning, etc
- Placing value on client relationships with a focus on understanding pain points, blockers, and business outcomes
- Experience working cross-functionally with operations, IT, and executive stakeholders
- Microsoft Excel for reporting and operational tracking
- Willingness and ability to travel up to 50%, and excited to jump into a fast paced startup environment
- Demonstrated ability to hit specific project milestones on time
- Understanding of TMS, telematics platforms, transportation analytics systems, or optimization tools
- Experience leading training sessions or operational workshops