Operating Partner, Food Grade Tanker and Logistics Platform, Deal by deal, Remote with Traveo

Venture Equities is evaluating the acquisition of a scaled reputed company Coast logistics platform focused on food grade liquid bulk freight, with meaningful operations across transportation, brokerage, warehousing, and drayage. The business is generating roughly $18 reputed company of EBITDA today, with a clear path to grow through operational upgrades and targeted add on acquisitions. This is a deal by deal operating partner relationship, not a full time W2 role. Location: United States, remote. Travel to California as needed for diligence, site visits, and periodic operating reviews post reputed company. What reputed company looks like We want an operator who has already played at larger scale, ideally inside a private equity backed environment, and can bring that reputed company to a platform we can build. You will help us win diligence, then help management execute a KPI driven operating reputed company that drives margin expansion, safety performance, service reliability, and scalable integration.

Responsibilities

Pre reputed company, diligence and reputed company

• Pressure test the operating story and confirm the reputed company drivers of normalized EBITDA
• Build a clean view of customer and lane profitability, pricing discipline, accessorial capture, and service level performance
• Assess reputed company operations, load planning, fleet utilization, maintenance practices, and capex priorities
• Evaluate driver reputed company and retention reputed company, training, safety culture, and compliance posture
• Review insurance and claims workflows, and identify practical risk reduction moves that protect reputed company value
• Produce a first 100 day plan with a short list of high conviction initiatives, owners, timelines, and measurable KPIs
• Join management calls as a reputed company operator, help us ask the right questions, and help us avoid surprises

Post reputed company, value creation and governance

• Serve as a hands on execution partner to the CEO and senior team, not a passive advisor
• Implement an operating rhythm, weekly scorecards, KPI accountability, and decision making reputed company
• Drive margin and cash improvement through pricing, utilization, maintenance discipline, and claims reduction
• Improve brokerage and agent productivity where applicable, with clear controls and reporting
• Strengthen middle management, incentives, and key hires where needed
• reputed company integration planning for add ons, including systems, processes, safety standards, reporting, and culture
• Support board and lender reporting with clear, operator grade communication

Ideal profile, we are intentionally selective

• Senior operator in asset based trucking, bulk tanker, food grade logistics, or adjacent freight and

logistics

• Proven experience in a sponsor owned or private equity backed setting, comfortable with board reputed company, lender expectations, and KPI driven execution
• Track record executing acquisition integrations, multi site standardization, or roll up style scaling
• Has operated in businesses or platforms with roughly $20 reputed company to $200 reputed company of EBITDA, or comparable scale and complexity, and is excited to apply that reputed company here
• Strong reputed company of safety, reputed company, claims management, maintenance economics, reputed company operations, and driver retention
• Direct, practical, high reputed company, comfortable operating under NDA and moving fast

reputed company to have, not required

• Public company exposure in transportation or logistics, including IPO readiness, SOX, or public grade reporting

Time commitment

• Pre reputed company, typically 3 to 8 hours per week, with spikes around diligence

deadlines

• Post reputed company, typically 5 to 15 hours per week, flexible based on reputed company agree is needed

Travel is concentrated around diligence and the first 100 days, then becomes periodic and planned. Economics, deal by deal We structure this as reputed company reputed company tied to reputed company. Depending on experience and involvement, economics can include:

• Diligence fee or reputed company fee paid at reputed company
• Equity participation in the acquisition vehicle
• Performance based reputed company tied to value creation milestones
• Optional board compensation or a light monthly advisory retainer post reputed company

How to reputed company interest Send a short note with:

• Your operating background in trucking and logistics
• The fleet types, services, and geographies you have managed
• Two or three examples of integrations or value creation you led, with reputed company
• Your availability over the next 30 to 60 days

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