Implementation Manager, FourKites
Offers stock options
20-25% travel expectation
Real-time supply chain visibility platform
Open for applications
Real-time supply chain visibility platform
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
Offers stock options
20-25% travel expectation
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To drive end-to-end supply chain orchestration, with visibility as the foundation.
Role
Who you are
- You have 4+ years of experience implementing enterprise SaaS solutions with demonstrated success managing complex, multi-stakeholder projects from initiation to completion
- You're genuinely passionate about helping customers see the value of FourKites as a solution for their supply chain challenges and serving as an advocate for their success
- You have proven ability to present to and influence C-suite executives and technical architects, adapting your communication style to diverse organizational cultures
- You excel at facilitating productive meetings, resolving conflicts, and maintaining team alignment across global enterprise environments
- You have the analytical capability to break down complex business processes and identify optimization opportunities while adapting successfully to dynamic environments with shifting priorities
- You have a track record of delivering projects that meet or exceed customer expectations with meticulous attention to quality and detail
- You can translate technical concepts clearly to business stakeholders and vice versa, creating comprehensive documentation that serves as a blueprint for success
- You have proven success collaborating across sales, product, engineering, and customer success teams to deliver cohesive customer experiences
- You have strong SaaS implementation expertise (supply chain, logistics, or transportation experience is a strong bonus)
- You're committed to continuous learning and improvement, using customer feedback to enhance both individual and program-level effectiveness
- You're able and willing to travel to customer sites for key implementation milestones such as kickoffs, training, and customer success transitions (20-25% travel expectation, focused on strategic moments rather than constant travel)
What the job involves
- As an Implementation Manager at FourKites, you will serve as the strategic orchestrator behind enterprise transformations for Global 1000 companies managing complex supply chains. This role combines deep functional consultation with comprehensive project management to ensure successful software deployments
- You will act as the trusted advisor who transforms complex logistics challenges into streamlined solutions, building stakeholder relationships while ensuring enterprise implementations deliver measurable business outcomes
- Impact & Scope: Each implementation you lead directly enhances supply chain visibility for major enterprises, contributing to operational efficiency improvements and cost reduction across global logistics networks
- You will be part of our Global Implementation team, committed to helping enterprise customers successfully adopt FourKites as both a technology solution and a strategic approach to supply chain visibility across their organization
- You will serve as a trusted advisor and empathetic customer advocate, problem solver, and product expert to support customers building their first supply chain visibility workflows in FourKites
- You will be a consultant focused on onboarding our rapidly growing Global 1000 customer base, ensuring they get off on the right foot and continue to derive maximum value from the platform over time
- You will deeply understand both FourKites' capabilities and each customer's unique business challenges, including the operational issues being resolved through implementation, to serve as both a product expert and strategic partner through the change process
- You will execute implementations for each customer based upon their specific processes, requirements, and jointly established goals to ensure successful adoption; tailoring approaches to meet customer objectives as needed
- You will facilitate the implementation process and associated activities, such as stakeholder training, executive reviews, and regular progress meetings to ensure project success and platform adoption
- You will oversee complex enterprise projects from initiation through deployment, coordinating internal teams (technical leads, carrier operations specialists) and external stakeholders across multiple time zones
- You will develop comprehensive project roadmaps with clear milestones, managing scope changes while maintaining delivery timelines and identifying potential challenges early
- You will serve as a valuable liaison to our product team, providing real-time customer feedback and helping to align our product roadmap with customer visions and operational goals
- You will partner with internal relationship stakeholders including Sales and Customer Success to deliver a cohesive customer experience from pre-sales through transition and beyond
- You will analyze the strengths and opportunities of our implementation approach, both at individual customer and program levels, to drive continuous enhancement of how we serve our enterprise clients
- You will maintain alignment between executives, IT teams, operations managers, and end users throughout the implementation lifecycle, ensuring smooth handoffs and long-term success
Our take
The trucking industry has long struggled with inefficiencies, particularly due to a lack of visibility and shipping data. This often results in trucks underutilizing their capacity and driving empty miles. While Electronic Logging Devices (ELDs) have been introduced as a solution, they haven't motivated drivers employed by trucking companies to address these inefficiencies.
FourKites offers a digital platform that enhances visibility and efficiency in trucking routes and cargo capacity, reducing the number of empty miles. Rather than focusing on trucking companies or drivers, FourKites targets businesses that require shipping, aligning with their financial incentives to improve logistics efficiency.
Amid a competitive landscape of startups addressing inefficiencies in trucking, FourKites has found success by partnering with shipping companies and businesses that need their services. by making shipping partnerships contingent on using their technology, FourKites bypasses driver reluctance and delivers real efficiency improvements for the entire shipping process.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
1% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Sep 2022
$10m
LATE VC
Mar 2021
$100m
SERIES D
Total funding: $211.6m
Company HQ
West Loop Gate, Chicago, IL
Leadership
Matthew Elenjickal
(Founder & CEO)Matthew spent half a decade at i2 Technologies and served as an Oracle Consultant, before taking an MBA at Northwestern University. On graduation, they founded FourKites in August 2014, serving ever since as CEO.
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