Brokerage Specialist
Ruan Transportation Management Systems · Des Moines, IA · Today
Full-time
Responsibilities
- Book freight with carriers through shrewd, market-appropriate negotiations that aim to produce regular capacity rather than one-off transactional bookings.
- Proactively communicate load-level situations to CSRs, Acct Managers, and, as needed, Manager of Gen. Ops.
- Gather carrier information regarding cap, size, lane needs, rate needs, etc. and funnel this information to our Carrier Development Team, Account Management Team, and full pool of brokers.
- Consistently interact with a high number of carriers via phone / email in order to contribute data that will drive our load-level booking / decision-making processes.
- Learn something from every interaction and inform our general team of the information gathered.
- Communicate load bookings in the necessary format.
- Perform other job-related duties and special projects as required.