As HR Recruiting Manager, you’ll own the end-to-end talent acquisition function for Freight Wizards LLC, helping scale a 3PL freight brokerage aggressively in growth mode. You’ll partner directly with executive leadership to build our team across sales, operations, technology, and support functions as we expand. This is a strategic, high-visibility role where your recruiting excellence directly fuels company growth.
Key Responsibilities:
Build and execute a comprehensive recruiting strategy aligned with company growth roadmap, scaling from our current four sales reps to multiple teams across functions
Own full recruiting lifecycle: sourcing, screening, interviewing coordination, offer negotiation, onboarding, and retention follow-up
Develop deep expertise in recruiting sales talent (customer account associates, account executives, carrier sales reps) as well as operations, backend technology, and support roles
Source candidates proactively through job boards, industry networks, referrals, social recruiting, and direct outreach
Partner with hiring managers to define role requirements, craft compelling job descriptions, and calibrate hiring bar
Manage recruiting metrics and pipeline: time-to-hire, cost-per-hire, quality of hire, offer acceptance rate
Support HR functions including new hire onboarding, employee documentation, and compliance
Build and nurture talent pipelines for future roles and anticipated openings
Represent Freight Wizards as an employer brand builder at industry events and professional networks
Qualifications:
5-plus years of recruiting experience, preferably including 2-plus years in a recruiting management or coordinating role
Proven track record sourcing and closing sales talent, ideally in logistics, transportation, or B2B environments
Strong metrics orientation: ability to own recruiting KPIs and communicate progress to leadership
Excellent communication and relationship-building skills with candidates, hiring managers, and peers
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, metrics-driven, growth-stage environment
Self-starter mentality with proactive problem-solving and initiative-taking
Understanding of hiring law, employment compliance basics, and best practices a plus
What We Offer:
Competitive base salary $65,000–95,000 dollars per year, commensurate with experience
Uncapped quarterly performance bonuses tied to recruiting quality metrics: time-to-hire, offer acceptance rate, new hire retention at 90 days, and hiring manager satisfaction
Exposure to C-level leadership and direct input into company strategy
Growth trajectory: as we scale, your role expands to full HR leadership if desired
Fast-growing, mission-driven freight brokerage with cutting-edge AI-native operations platform
About Freight Wizards:
Freight Wizards is a 3PL freight brokerage connecting customers with qualified carriers across North America. We differentiate through training excellence, ethical operations, 24/7/365 accessibility, and hard work. We’re in an active scaling phase with a new technology platform and ambitious growth targets.
Numbers & Facts
Location
Chicago, IL
Job Type
Full-time
Salary
$65,000–$95,000 Per Year
Skills
Artificial Intelligence (AI)unmatched
Best Practicesunmatched
Brokerageunmatched
Business Strategyunmatched
Business-to-Business (B2B)unmatched
C-Level Managementunmatched
Candidate Pipelineunmatched
Candidate Sourcingunmatched
Cargo/Freightunmatched
Communication Skillsunmatched
Documentationunmatched
Employment Lawunmatched
Human Resources Managementunmatched
Leadershipunmatched
Logisticsunmatched
Metricsunmatched
Negotiation Skillsunmatched
Onboardingunmatched
Performance Metricsunmatched
Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
Quality Metricsunmatched
Recruiting Strategyunmatched
Requirements Managementunmatched
Salesunmatched
Sales Closing Skillsunmatched
Sales Managementunmatched
Sales Operationsunmatched
Team Buildingunmatched
Team Lead/Managerunmatched
Technical Operationsunmatched
Technical Supportunmatched
Third-Party Logistics (3PL)unmatched
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