Director of Talent at AFC Transport

About AFC Transport

AFC Transport is an expanding transportation and logistics company operating throughout the United States with an international operations support team. Currently experiencing significant growth, AFC Transport seeks a dynamic people leader to establish foundational structures, leadership pipelines, training systems, corporate culture, and talent frameworks essential for scaling the business.

This fast-paced environment emphasizes ambitious growth supported by a solid foundation, an increasing fleet, expanding logistics services, and a clear strategic vision.

Role Overview

The Director of Talent will report directly to the CEO and collaborate with the executive team, acting as a strategic advisor on various aspects including organizational structure, people leadership, culture development, training initiatives, recruitment, retention strategies, and performance management.

Key Responsibilities

• Advise senior leadership as a strategic partner on all people-related matters aligned with growth goals.
• Devise and implement comprehensive people strategies to support AFC’s ongoing expansion.
• Collaborate with leadership to refine organizational structure, clarify roles, enhance accountability, communication, and bolster leadership effectiveness.
• Develop and manage programs for people development such as leadership and manager training, career pathing, succession planning, and employee growth pathways.
• Create tailored training content for various teams including management, operations, sales, logistics, support staff, and emerging leaders.
• Define, uphold, and cultivate AFC’s culture, values, leadership principles, and behavioral expectations.
• Lead culture enhancement projects to promote ownership, urgency, teamwork, accountability, service excellence, loyalty, and continuous improvement.
• Establish systems for managing performance, providing feedback and coaching, recognizing achievements, and supporting employee engagement and retention.
• Identify talent gaps, address performance challenges, and aid leadership in assessing developmental needs and leadership potential.
• Revamp onboarding processes to ensure new employees are fully integrated into AFC’s culture, expectations, systems, and success strategies.
• Direct recruiting efforts for critical leadership, corporate, operational, sales, logistics, driver support, and specialized positions.
• Implement a consistent hiring methodology incorporating scorecards, structured interviews, assessments, and clear decision-making criteria.
• Manage AFC’s employer branding and recruitment marketing to enhance its appeal as an employer of choice.
• Design and execute campaigns, employee storytelling, content strategy, social media engagement, and candidate communications demonstrating AFC as a premier place to develop a career.
• Monitor and analyze talent, culture, training, and people-related key performance indicators including retention rates, turnover, employee engagement, leadership bench strength, training completion, internal promotion rates, performance trends, and satisfaction levels.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree is mandatory.
• Over 10 years of experience in roles like talent leadership, HR management, organizational development, culture building, or learning and development.
• Track record of developing people-related systems within growing organizations.
• Expertise in employee growth, leadership coaching, performance evaluation, succession planning, and retention facilitation.
• History of advising executive leadership on people strategy and organizational design.
• Proven capability in cultivating company culture in fast-evolving business environments.
• Experience designing training programs, leadership development, onboarding systems, and career advancement models.
• Strong proficiency in recruitment, hiring process innovation, employer branding, and talent acquisition strategies.
• Comfortable leveraging data, assessment tools, AI systems, applicant tracking platforms, and analytics for people management decisions.
• Excellent skills in communication, written expression, judgment, organization, emotional intelligence, and diligent follow-through.

Preferred Experience

• Background in transportation, logistics, supply chain, industrial services, private equity-backed firms, or fast-growth founder-led organizations.
• Experience with driver, operations, or sales recruiting, especially high-volume hiring initiatives.
• Proven success creating employer branding and recruitment marketing strategies from inception.
• Developing leadership in operational, sales, logistics, or multi-site business settings.
• Supporting organizational scale through enhancements to structure, accountability, training, culture, and leadership capability.

Candidate Attributes

The ideal candidate is both strategic and hands-on, able to transition effortlessly from high-level CEO advisement to practical coaching and training program development. They communicate directly and thoughtfully, maintain organization and practicality, and confidently challenge leadership to drive growth while fostering trust and high standards.

Success Indicators

• Leadership strength enhanced across all tiers.
• More consistent training and accountability among managers.
• Employees with clear understanding of company values, expectations, and standards.
• Improved, accelerated onboarding processes for new hires leading to faster productivity.
• Retention and motivation of high performers seeking career growth within AFC.
• Increasing rates of internal promotions organization-wide.
• Uniform training delivery across various departments.
• A strengthened internal leadership pipeline.
• A corporate culture regarded as a competitive advantage.
• The CEO and executive team benefits from a trusted people strategy partner guiding growth decisions.
• AFC is recognized as a destination for dedicated professionals seeking significant career opportunities.

Position Details

Location: Tampa, Florida (requires in-office attendance)

Employment Type: Full-time

Compensation: Competitive base salary with additional performance-driven incentives.