Ruan Transportation Management Systems
Brokerage Specialist
Ruan Transportation Management Systems, Des Moines, Iowa, United States, 50319
This position works on-site at the Ruan Campus located downtown Des Moines.
Schedule: Monday - Friday
Brokerage Specialist Builds relationships and negotiates with carriers to supply capacity for Ruan's customer freight and gathers information to collaboratively share with Account Management and Carrier Development teams to strategically target future business.
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 capacity, 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 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.
Seniority level
Entry level
Employment type
Full‑time
Job function
Other
Industries
Truck Transportation
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Schedule: Monday - Friday
Brokerage Specialist Builds relationships and negotiates with carriers to supply capacity for Ruan's customer freight and gathers information to collaboratively share with Account Management and Carrier Development teams to strategically target future business.
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 capacity, 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 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.
Seniority level
Entry level
Employment type
Full‑time
Job function
Other
Industries
Truck Transportation
Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Ruan Transportation Management Systems by 2x
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