HR Recruiting Manager

Freight Wizards LLC

HR Recruiting Manager

Chicago, IL
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Position Overview:

    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.