MVT Logistics is an industry leader in cross-border and multi-modal transportation solutions. MVT Logistics provides domestic truckload, cross border, intra Mexico, and multi-modal services across the United States, Canada, and Mexico. With extensive knowledge of Mexico and cross-border operations, crossing 300 plus loads per day with assets and brokerage.
As a Freight Broker, you will sell brokerage services to new and existing customers, focusing on your personal sales targets, and carrier development.
Responsibilities
- Identify carrier networks, negotiate rates, and ensure freight gets delivered.
- Participate in a mentorship program that drives your success professionally and personally.
- Identify and develop leads through MGB sources to secure sales and load volume to meet/exceed goals.
- Grow business with current carriers in alignment with account growth strategy plans and market demands, as well as identifying, prospecting, and generating new carriers through analysis and discovery.
- Manage and build strong relationships with carriers.
- Be able to sell available lanes to new and existing carriers.
- Handle freight pickup, transit, and drop-off to ensure on-time delivery.
- Develop and maintain a strong understanding of the industry, including rates, carriers, load capacities, equipment types, etc.
- Follow established procedures regarding all loads to ensure the integrity of the shipment.
- Update internal tracking and reporting systems throughout the day to maintain accuracy.
- Determine pricing, both strategic and transactional.
- Enter and maintain new customer/carrier profiles in the appropriate operating systems.
- Access and assign the most cost-. effective mode of transportation relative to the service requirements of the shipment.
- Communicate service issues to customers or management.
- Demonstrate ownership of assigned segments of the business.
- Ensure carrier performance meets customer expectations.
- Act as point of contact for carrier and customer.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree or relevant work experience (Preferred).
- 2 or more years’ experience working in a Brokerage environment.
- Proficient in building proposals, negotiating rates, and delivering both long and short-term shipping solutions to customers.
- A reasonable understanding of mileage as it relates to the passage of time.
- General knowledge of the locations of the 48 continental states and Canada as required.
- Proficient computer skills.
- Advanced communication skills.
- Effective communication skills, collaboration, problem-solving, and building professional relationships with carriers, shippers, and internal/external customers.
- Basic mathematical skills including the ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
- Ability to compute rate, ratio, percent, and draw and interpret bar graphs.
- Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables.
- Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
- The ability to convert standard time to military time and to convert time based on the various time zones within the Continental U.S. and Canada as required.
- Ability to use the postal zip code to locate the corresponding region of the country.
- Ability to develop a thorough understanding of the Transportation and Logistics industry.
- Ability to multitask and prioritize.
Job Benefits
- 401(k)
- Dental Insurance
- Health Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Paid Time Off
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Benefit Conditions
- Only full-time employees are eligible.