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Freight Broker

Timber Products Company

Central Point, ORJobPosted 3mo agoSeen in employer's feed 4 days ago

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Central Point, OR
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Job overview

Timber Products Company is hiring a Freight Broker. The Freight Broker is responsible for the solicitation, brokering, and management of all freight for customers, internal and external. This role involves managing carrier relationships, tracking load activity to ensure proper on-time metrics, and maintaining documentation. The broker negotiates rates with carriers to achieve target margin goals and communicates with existing customers and CSRs to obtain loads. They also generate new business within customer accounts and follow up on assigned loads.

Key focus areas include Solicit, broker, and manage all freight for customers, internal and external, Manage carrier relationships, and Track load activity to ensure proper on-time metrics.

Successful candidates bring 3+ Years Freight Brokerage Experience and High School Diploma. Important skills include Negotiation Ability, PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, Excel, Communication, and Entrepreneurial. Preferred (not required): McLeod.

Skills & qualifications

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Skills

Negotiation AbilityPowerPointMicrosoft WordExcelCommunicationEntrepreneurialDelivers Growth ResultsAbility to Multi-TaskSense of UrgencyTeam PlayerMcLeod

Qualifications

3 Years Minimum Cradle-to-Grave Freight Brokerage Sales and Account ManagementService OfferingRegional and National Accounts ExperienceHigh School Diploma or GEDCollege Graduate or Equivalent Combination of Education and Experience

Full job description

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Freight Broker is responsible for the solicitation, brokering, and management of all freight for customers, internal and external. Also responsible for managing carrier relationships, tracking load activity to ensure proper on-time metrics, and maintaining the proper documentation pertaining to all loads moved. Negotiates rates with carriers to achieve target margin goals.

The qualified candidate will communicate with existing customers and CSRs to obtain loads. They will work to generate new business within customer accounts, follow up with carriers, customers and CSRs on assigned loads, while maintaining profitability and productive working relationships with customer, carrier and CSR’s representatives. This is an in-office position in our Central Point, OR office.

BACKGROUND REQUIRED:

  • Cradle-to-grave freight brokerage sales and account management (3 years minimum)

  • Service offering (i.e. Flatbed, TL, LTL, Dry Van, Reefer)

  • Strong Negotiation Ability (Customer, Carrier, Margin Integrity)

  • Regional and National Accounts experience

  • Computer literate (Microsoft Suite: Power Point, Word, Excel)

  • Education: High School diploma or GED required

BACKGROUND PREFERRED (but not required):

  • Familiarity with McLeod

  • Education: College Graduate preferred; or may have an equivalent combination of education and experience

Other essential abilities and skills:

  • Excellent verbal and written communication

  • Entrepreneurial

  • Delivers growth results while maintaining margin integrity

  • Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment

  • Sense of Urgency (Deliver consistent Service to the Customer)

  • Team player

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