Brokerage Specialist

Ruan Transportation Management Systems; Des Moines (IA); On-site; USD 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A logistics management company located downtown Des Moines is seeking an Entry-level Brokerage Specialist. This full-time position involves building relationships with carriers and negotiating freight capacity to support customer needs. Responsibilities include communicating load situations, gathering carrier information for strategic planning, and interacting frequently with carriers via phone and email. The ideal candidate will be detail-oriented and skilled in information sharing to enhance team decision-making.

Qualifications

• Ability to build relationships and negotiate effectively.
• Strong communication skills for interaction with carriers.
• Detail-oriented with a focus on information sharing.

Responsibilities

• Book freight with carriers through negotiations.
• Communicate load-level situations to team members.
• Gather and share carrier information with relevant teams.
• Interact with a high number of carriers to drive booking decisions.
• Inform the team of insights gathered from interactions.
• Communicate load bookings accurately.
• Perform other duties as required.

Job description

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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