Carrier Sales Representative
Office Professional
Moline, IL
19.23-24.00
Contract to Perm
Carrier Sales Representative
Shift: 1st Shift, Full-time
Schedule: 8am-5pm M-F, must be responsive to needs after hours or on weekends.
Job Location: Illinois
Compensation: $19/hr-$24/hr or more, depending on experience.
Sedona Staffing is looking for energetic job seekers who enjoy working with people and excel in a dynamic, fast-moving environment. Success in this role requires excellent communication skills, the ability to establish rapport quickly, and confidence in balancing multiple priorities while delivering a positive experience to others.
The ideal candidate is comfortable staying engaged and responsive throughout the workday, adapts quickly to changing priorities, and enjoys creating positive experiences through effective communication and strong relationship-building skills.
Responsibilities:
- Make and receive calls to recruit and build relationships with qualified carriers.
- Build profitable and professional business relationships with carrier base to meet or exceed budgets.
- Accurately and independently calculate buy and sell rates for shipments.
- Successfully negotiate rates with carriers that result in a win-win relationship.
- Manage freight shipments to ensure seamless pick-up, transit, and delivery.
- Provide prompt, professional, and thorough problem solving.
- Work as part of a team and as an individual to ensure all daily operational tasks are completed according to company and customer requirements.
- Learn and maintain competency with all systems, and successfully apply all rules, regulations, and industry or customer requirements.
- Complete all required paperwork on time and according to policy.
- Locate, interpret, and apply transportation market data found from internal and external sources.
- Take prompt corrective action, while keeping immediate supervisor proactively and fully informed.
- Meets or exceed goals for expected behaviors.
- Maintain a respectful, positive working relationship with all other company employees to foster and promote a cooperative and harmonious working climate that will be conducive to maximum employee morale, productivity, efficiency, and effectiveness.
- Thrive in a high-paced and at times demanding or stressful environment.
- Able to meet or exceed productivity goals.
- Maintain reliable attendance according to schedule and policy.
- Routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.
Requirements:
- High School graduate or equivalent. Associate degree or bachelor’s degree preferred.
- 1-3 years of experience in transportation or logistics industry preferred.
- Proficient at using Outlook, Microsoft Word, and Excel.
- Strong verbal and interpersonal communication skills.
- Comfort interacting with a high volume of customers or clients.
- Ability to manage multiple conversations and priorities.
- Ability to stay engaged, organized, and productive in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong listening skills and the ability to understand and respond to customer needs.
- A positive, energetic, and adaptable approach to work.
- Ability to build relationships and establish rapport quickly.
Candidates may be asked to complete job-related skills assessments as part of the hiring process. These assessments are designed to evaluate the skills and competencies that are important for success in the role.
Sedona Staffing Benefits:
As a Sedona Staffing employee, you are eligible for the following benefits:
- Medical Insurance
- Vision and Dental Insurance
- Short-term Disability, Life and AD&D Insurance
- 401K Plans
If you have any additional questions, please give us a call at [309] 743-7000.
Sedona Staffing’s mission:
Our commitment is to create a quality environment where people can become more autonomous, self-reliant, and more competent. In this environment, they can specialize, hone their skills, and discover their distinctiveness.
Sedona is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Sedona uses E-Verify to confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees.
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