Are you ready to move your career forward?
As a Human Resource Logistics Trainee, you will be part of a winning team that inspires the next chapter of growth. You will discover opportunities to proactively improve our service promise to customers while being exposed to processes, policies, and procedures, all while working together on shared objectives.
At Penske you will be introduced to top-tier technologies, collaborative teams, and ways to drive purposeful innovation and continuous improvement across our systems and operations. Things move fast at Penske. You will too. You’ll be on a fast track to furthering your leadership career, with advancement opportunities upon graduation from the program.
Are you eligible?
• You’ve got an undergraduate degree
• Your leadership track record is evident whether in class, on campus, in your community, or in the military
• You’re legally authorized to work in the U.S.A.
-Unfortunately, we are currently unable to sponsor individuals for employment visas for these positions.
• You’re able to commute to Reading, PA daily.
We take pride in offering a competitive wage and great benefits including:
Pay: $25.00 per hour
Benefits:
Our excellent benefits plan keeps associates and their families happy, healthy, and secure. To learn more visit https://penske.jobs/benefits/
Additional Benefits:
• Paid Time Off: Start earning from Day 1!
• Medical, Dental, Vision, & Life Insurance: Get covered as soon as the 1st of the month after your hire date!
• 401K Plan: Secure your future—eligible after just 90 days!
Our associates also enjoy numerous associate discounts and opportunities to grow with the organization!
Position Overview:
We are seeking a motivated Human Resources Logistics Trainee to join our team with a focus on supporting challenges within our driver hiring and retention space. This developmental role offers a unique opportunity to gain comprehensive business knowledge while learning how HR successfully partners with the business to achieve our goals. This role will gain exposure to all aspects of HR operations while developing specialized expertise in HR analytics, engagement and retention via the completion of a formal curriculum and training opportunities.
Key Responsibilities:
Daily Workforce Analytics & Metrics Review
- Conduct daily monitoring and analysis of driver staffing, retention, turnover, and compliance metrics, Document current state of engagement programs, including compliance, quality, and impact
- Produce thorough summaries of analytics, highlighting trends and identified actions and employ appropriate resources from HR, Operations and other supporting functions to address as needed
- Develop deep understanding of our business operations, culture, and organizational structure to learn how different departments and product lines approach associate engagement and retention
- Collaborate with functional leaders and product line partners to understand their unique staffing and engagement challenges and best practices
- Analyze process and program effectiveness through data review, associate feedback, and stakeholder interviews
- Identify opportunities to eliminate inefficiencies while maintaining program effectiveness
- Support implementation of approved process and program enhancements
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree required - in Human Resources, Business Management, Marketing, Communications, Change Management or related field is a plus.
- Demonstrated leadership through school, your community, clubs/organizations, or the military
- Internship or related work experience in a customer-facing role preferred.
- Effective communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Ability to learn and navigate various technology platforms.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office required; Experience in Smartsheet preferred.
- Committed to learning and growing; receptive to feedback and developing self-awareness.
- High level of commitment to operation and job responsibilities.
- Results oriented, attention to detail and effective time management and organizational skills.
- Builds and develops positive working relationships within department at all levels.
- Regular, predictable, full attendance is an essential function of the job.
Physical Requirements:
• The physical and mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• The associate will be required to: read; communicate verbally and/or in written form; remember and analyze certain information; and remember and understand certain instructions or guidelines.
• While performing the duties of this job, the associate may be required to stand, walk and sit. The associate is frequently required to use hands to touch, handle and feel, and to occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 lbs./12 kg.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
Penske is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
About Penske Logistics
Penske Logistics engineers state-of-the-art transportation, warehousing and freight management solutions that deliver powerful business results for market-leading companies. With operations in North America, South America, Europe and Asia, Penske and its associates help businesses move forward by increasing visibility and driving down supply-chain costs. Visit Penske Logistics to learn more.
Job Category: Logistics/Supply Chain
Job Family: Common
Address: 100 Kachel Boulevard
Primary Location: US-PA-Reading
Employer: Penske Logistics LLC
Req ID: 2607406
We’re more than just the bright yellow trucks you see on highways and backroads all over the U.S. and Canada. We’re a winning team of 43,000 associates who help move lives and businesses forward. Our team of experts:
- Operate and maintain a fleet of more than 420,000 vehicles at 780 locations in North America
- Lease trucks to hundreds of local and national businesses
- Rent trucks to consumers and customers at our 2,500 rental locations
- Provide supply chain solutions for some of the world’s leading brands in the automotive, consumer products, food and beverage, healthcare and retail industries, plus more.
We’re committed to delivering the best customer experience through personalized and excellent service, and the latest innovations. We're more than you realize.
Sustainability
Penske is committed to managing our environmental impacts everywhere we do business by:
- Achieving 100 percent compliance with local, state and federal environmental regulations.
- Participating in the U.S Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) SmartWay Transport partnership to improve fuel efficiency, reduce greenhouse gas and air pollutant emissions, and improve energy security.
- Working with an independent third-party consulting firm to perform a global gas inventory, which measures our carbon footprint – from the natural gas and electricity we use to operate our locations to fuel and refrigerants we use to run our fleet.
- Proudly supporting the EPA’s Green Power Partnership to utilize renewable energy as a way to reduce the environmental impacts associated with conventional electricity use.
- Participating in a waste management program designed to minimize waste generation and ensure proper disposal of used oil, oil filters and antifreeze; parts washer solvent; batteries; and scrap metals.
Community
Penske’s bright yellow trucks are a beacon of hope when disasters strike, working with major relief agencies during national emergencies. Our associates go the extra mile for their communities every day to volunteer their time, effort and resources to nonprofit organizations.
Diversity and Inclusion
Penske supports a work environment that is diverse, inclusive and respectful, so we can draw from the talents, backgrounds and varied perspectives of all associates. We promote diversity and inclusion in the workplace through a variety of efforts, including:
- Diversity and Inclusion Council
- Diversity recruiting efforts
- Mentoring program
- Affinity groups
- Supplier Diversity
Penske Hires Veterans
Penske thanks military personnel and veterans for your service to the United States and for the sacrifice you have made to ensure our safety and freedom. We appreciate the values, work ethic and leadership skills veterans bring as associates to our teams. Penske is actively recruiting and hiring veterans nationwide. We seek high-performance people with a deep passion for customer service and high ethical standards. Penske is committed to hiring veterans, active Guard and Reserve personnel. Our focused efforts began in 2009 when we signed the Statement of Support for the Guard and Reserve. In each of the last few years, veterans represented over 9% of all Penske new hires.
Penske has programs dedicated to helping you find your next mission or transition from the military and join our team. Many of our veterans actively volunteer their time to mentor servicemen and women transitioning out of the military and into the civilian workforce, providing guidance on careers and overall recommendations for a successful transition.
In 2022, Penske launched the Veterans Business Resource Group with chapters across the nation and nearly 2,500 members. The group is open to all Penske veterans and veteran allies, providing valuable opportunities for career growth, networking, community outreach and mentorship while supporting business development.
Management Trainee Program
The foundation for winning in business, whatever path you choose, is right here at Penske. In our Sales and Operations Management Trainee Program, you'll collaborate with smart, driven colleagues. You'll move lives and businesses forward. You'll grow far beyond the basics because we give you the freedom to find innovative new ways to solve problems and make important business decisions. As a management trainee, you will work in a fast-paced environment. You will help our customers have the best possible experience. You will generate new leads to help us grow. And you’ll do it while enjoying ongoing personalized training and coaching in sales and operations. Our top performers can achieve more than one promotion a year, especially when open to relocation. After completing the Management Trainee Program, you will take the next step in your career at Penske by becoming an assistant rental manager. In this role, you will continue to provide excellent customer service, think fast to solve problems and learn every step of the way.
Corporate Summer Internship Program
Penske’s Corporate Summer Internship Program is a 12-week paid internship at our headquarters in Green Hills, Pennsylvania. As an intern, you will work in a department that aligns with your career goals. In addition to the valuable work experience you will gain, you will participate in events centered on the program's core elements: professional development, networking and community service.
- Participate in training programs that will give you the necessary skills to get ahead of the competition.
- Network with other professionals to develop your interpersonal communication skills and open career doors of opportunity.
- Meet our executive leaders. They will give you the advice you need to propel your career.
- Volunteer your time, talent and efforts through intern community service projects.