Tenkara – AI-Powered Operation & Supply Chain for Manufacturers Features Features About About Contact Contact Partner Login Partner Login Get Started For Free Get Started For Free Meet Tenkara Features About Contact Us Login " style="--border-bottom-width:1px;--border-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.15);--border-left-width:1px;--border-right-width:1px;--border-style:solid;--border-top-width:1px;backdrop-filter:none;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);-webkit-backdrop-filter:none;width:100%;will-change:transform;border-bottom-left-radius:4px;border-bottom-right-radius:4px;box-shadow:0px 1px 2px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05);opacity:1;transform:none"> Features Features About About Contact Contact Partner Login Partner Login Get Started For Free Head of Logisitcs Head of Logisitcs You're a logistics leader and doer with expertise in establishing infrastructure, managing operations, and driving freight revenue. You'll build the systems that help us dominate freight for manufacturers. You're a logistics leader and doer with expertise in establishing infrastructure, managing operations, and driving freight revenue. You'll build the systems that help us dominate freight for manufacturers.
About Us At Tenkara, we're building an operating system for process manufacturers, starting with AI agents that run procurement, logistics, and demand planning. American manufacturing has never had a greater opportunity to reclaim global competitiveness. But operations teams are underwater, drowning in manual coordination work. Suppliers managed over email. Freight tracked through calls. Compliance is scattered across spreadsheets. Mid-market manufacturers can't scale operations without scaling headcount proportionally. Tenkara deploys AI agents that execute these workflows autonomously, bringing cutting-edge AI into the economy's most critical sectors. Our agents enable businesses to make smarter decisions and faster transactions. Culture Build the absolute best product, bar nothing. Move fast and learn by shipping. Meritocracy where ideas win on merit. Extreme ownership. Steep trajectory for those who prove themselves. What we're building matters: helping American manufacturers compete globally. We're backed by some of the very best supply chain and enterprise software investors. We're live with manufacturers processing real transactions right now. Founded by a serial entrepreneur who built and ran manufacturing plants from the ground up.
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the Role You'll be our logistics leader and doer - establishing infrastructure, managing logistics operations, and supporting freight revenue. We want you to build the systems that help us dominate freight for manufacturers. What You’ll Take On Owning end-to-end freight operations - scheduling pickups, coordinating deliveries, tracking shipments, solving real-time problems Building carrier networks from scratch - establishing and maintaining relationships with carriers, brokers, and co-brokering partners to scale capacity Sourcing and negotiating competitive quotes across multiple modes and lanes - this directly impacts our customer value proposition Setting up operational infrastructure - the systems, processes, and partnerships that let us scale (and that engineering will eventually automate) Managing day-to-day logistics for live customer shipments - real transactions, real accountability What You Have Experience: 7-10 years in freight wearing many hats - sales, operations, management, and everything in between Proven track record pushing several million in freight volume Deep expertise as a freight broker, moving LTL, FTL, drop ships, trailers, and the full spectrum of dry freight Existing industry relationships - carriers, brokers, or shippers who will take your call and work with you Know how to build infrastructure, not just manage existing systems Mindset: Extremely hard working - this isn't a 9-5 role Incredibly high agency and entrepreneurial mindset Comfort operating in the unknown and building from scratch Resourceful and pragmatic - you know when to hustle manually and when to push for automation Strong relationship builder - you earn trust and get things done through people High integrity - you do what you say and say what you do You're joining at the ground floor. If we execute well, you're building the foundation of freight operations that could scale massively. What We Offer $90,000.00 - $150,000.00 per year + meaningful equity 20 days PTO Health, dental, and vision insurance Ground floor opportunity in a funded, fast-growing company Relocation assistance Ready To Apply? Ready To Apply? Resources Customers Customers Blog Blog Careers Careers Meet Tenkara Features Features About About Contact Us Contact Us Socials LinkedIn LinkedIn X X Privacy Policy Terms of Service © 2026 Tenkara Labs, Inc. All rights are reserved. Optimize your manufacturing workflow Get Started For Free Resources Customers Customers Blog Blog Careers Careers Meet Tenkara Features Features About About Contact Us Contact Us Socials LinkedIn LinkedIn X X Privacy Policy Terms of Service © 2026 Tenkara Labs, Inc. All rights are reserved. Optimize your manufacturing workflow Get Started For Free Resources Customers Customers Blog Blog Careers Careers Meet Tenkara Features Features About About Contact Us Contact Us Socials LinkedIn LinkedIn X X Privacy Policy Terms of Service © 2026 Tenkara Labs, Inc. All rights are reserved. Optimize your manufacturing workflow Get Started For Free Resources Customers Customers Blog Blog Careers Careers Meet Tenkara Features Features About About Contact Us Contact Us Socials LinkedIn LinkedIn X X Privacy Policy Terms of Service © 2026 Tenkara Labs, Inc. All rights are reserved. Optimize your manufacturing workflow Get Started For Free Resources Customers Customers Blog Blog Careers Careers Meet Tenkara Features Features About About Contact Us Contact Us Socials LinkedIn LinkedIn X X Privacy Policy Terms of Service © 2026 Tenkara Labs, Inc. All rights are reserved. Optimize your manufacturing workflow Get Started For Free Resources Customers Customers Blog Blog Careers Careers Meet Tenkara Features Features About About Contact Us Contact Us Socials LinkedIn LinkedIn X X Privacy Policy Terms of Service © 2026 Tenkara Labs, Inc. All rights are reserved. Optimize your manufacturing workflow Get Started For Free
Ops Agents for American Manufacturers.
Salary
$90,000 - $150,000
Location
San Francisco, CA, USA
Total raised
$7.0M
Investors
No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.
A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.
I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.
If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.