traffic manager

noun

a person who supervises the transportation of goods for an employer.
a person in a transportation company who schedules space, for freight or passengers.
(in business management) an office employee, especially an executive, responsible for routing items of business within a company for appropriate action by various departments.

First recorded in 1860–65

So, at any given moment in time, the traffic manager can see when a particular project manager looks to have a lot more work than the others.

The more responsibility the traffic manager assumes, the more may be put upon him.

The traffic manager who is always considering how much it will cost to handle business, will seldom adventure into new territory.

The traffic manager at first reached instinctively for his telegraphic cipher code.

The interval was pleasantly filled, however, by an instructive and interesting little chat with the traffic-manager.

At ten o'clock in the evening Malahin gets an answer from the traffic manager: "Give precedence."

April 23, 2024inveterate

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