Brokerage Specialist - Weekends

Ruan Transportation Management Systems; Des Moines (IA); On-site; USD 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Ruan Transportation Management Systems in Des Moines is hiring for the Brokerage Specialist position, which requires on-site work during Saturday to Monday with 12-hour shifts. The specialist will build relationships with carriers, negotiate freight capacity, and share valuable insights with the Account Management and Carrier Development teams. This role involves proactive communication and high-volume carrier interaction, essential for driving load-level decision-making processes. Strong negotiation and relationship-building skills are vital for success in this role.

Responsibilities

• Book freight with carriers through market-appropriate negotiations.
• Proactively communicate load-level situations.
• Gather carrier information to support decision-making.
• Interact with numerous carriers via phone and email.
• Learn from each interaction to inform the team.
• Communicate load bookings in the required format.
• Perform other job-related duties as needed.

Job description

The Brokerage Specialist position works on-site at the Ruan Campus in Des Moines.

Schedule: Saturday - Monday

Hours: 12-hour shifts

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 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.