Carrier Development Representative

Redwood Logistics•Chicago, IL

12h•Onsite

About The Position

As an Afterhours and Weekend Carrier Sales Representative, working within Redwood Multimodal (one of our entities), you will be responsible for identifying, sourcing, and developing strong business relationships with service providers to achieve maximum profitability and customer satisfaction.

Requirements

Excellent communication, networking, negotiation and problem-solving skills
Results-driven
Thrives in a fast-paced environment
Flexible; ability to change focus quickly to meet the demands of market conditions and/or company needs
Logistical planning, routing, or dispatch experience a plus

Responsibilities

Track load life cycle from shipment to delivery with an emphasis on inbound & outbound phone calls, but also utilize electronic means of tracking
Communicate relevant freight updates to customers and/or internal carrier & operations teams
Provide and negotiate freight rates to motor carriers (and internal sales team as needed), ensuring maximum profitability on a daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly basis
Coordinate available customer freight with available motor carrier equipment
Consistently provide service and support to motor carriers to build the business relationship
Maintain a file of all open truck shipments and of records of trailers in assigned areas
Communicate with motor carriers to schedule trucks and resolve issues
Verify all freight charges, confirm receipt of Bill of Lading, and resolve all payables discrepancies prior to final payment to motor carrier
Monitor Bill of Lading discrepancies to ensure proper return of commodity is arranged, as necessary
Perform other related duties as assigned

Benefits

Access to experts and resources for your Learning & Development journey
Opportunity for internal mobility
Employee referral bonus program
Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
Annual fundraising and volunteer events to give back to communities
Paid time off, floating holidays, time off to volunteer and rollover
Paid parental leave
Medical, dental, vision and 401k plans (with match)
Flexible spending account, mass transit and dependent care plans available
Health savings account, with a annual company contribution for plan participants
Short-term and long-term disability; life insurance policies subsidized by company
Additional benefits including pet insurance, accident care, access to legal advice and more