Strategic Growth Associate

Altom Transport • Chicago, IL

7d • Onsite

About The Position

Altom Transport is seeking a curious, analytical, and relationship-driven Strategic Growth Associate to help identify new business opportunities, support customers, and develop practical transportation solutions. This role involves working directly with the Director of Strategic Growth and Marketing, collaborating with operations, safety, sales, and other departments. The associate will learn how customer needs, equipment capabilities, pricing, capacity, and profitability intersect and contribute to building lasting customer partnerships. The transportation industry is described as a constantly changing puzzle, with each opportunity presenting unique challenges related to products, locations, schedules, equipment, and customer expectations. This position focuses on bringing these elements together to create solutions beneficial to both customers and the company's operations.

Requirements

• Strong communication and relationship-building skills.
• Curiosity, initiative, and a willingness to learn.
• Analytical thinking and practical problem-solving abilities.
• Strong organization, follow-through, and attention to detail.
• Comfort working with numbers, spreadsheets, and business information.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Outlook, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and collaborate across departments.
• Professionalism when communicating with customers and industry partners.
• Previous transportation experience is needed.
• Experience in transportation, logistics, inside sales, customer service, account management, operations, pricing, analytics, or business development is helpful—but not required.

Nice To Haves

• A bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, supply chain, logistics, analytics, communications, or a related field is preferred. An equivalent combination of education, training, transferable skills, and relevant experience will also be considered.

Responsibilities

• Research prospective customers, markets, facilities, and transportation opportunities.
• Support lead generation and conduct professional outreach to prospective customers.
• Build relationships with customers, prospects, and industry partners.
• Gather information about customer products, facilities, shipping volumes, schedules, and transportation requirements.
• Learn Altom Transport’s equipment, services, and operational capabilities.
• Evaluate whether customer opportunities are a good fit for our equipment and operations.
• Contribute to lane analysis, pricing, capacity planning, and profitability reviews.
• Forecast customer volumes and potential capacity needs.
• Prepare customer proposals, reports, presentations, spreadsheets, and opportunity summaries.
• Coordinate new-customer onboarding with operations, safety, sales, and other departments.
• Maintain accurate and organized customer, lane, pricing, and operational information.
• Respond to customer questions and help provide a dependable, positive experience.
• Participate in customer meetings, trade shows, marketing activities, and industry events.
• Identify information and opportunities that can help customers and internal teams operate more effectively.
• Take on greater responsibility as your knowledge of the business grows.

Benefits

• Weekly pay
• Paid training
• 401(k) company match beginning on day one
• Blue Cross Blue Shield medical coverage
• Vision and dental coverage
• Health Savings Account contributions
• Paid vacation, paid holidays, and paid time off
• Life insurance
• Short- and long-term disability options

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree