Customer Account Manager

NFI Industries; Schaumburg, Northern (IL, KY); Hybrid; USD 63,000 - 84,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

401k plan

Paid time off

Paid parental leave

Job summary

NFI Industries is seeking a Customer Account Manager to drive growth and operational excellence for existing brokerage clients in a fast-paced setting. You’ll manage shipper relationships, expand revenue across FTL, LTL, and Intermodal, and deliver KPIs with cross-functional leadership.

The role emphasizes pricing strategy, SOP development, and proactive issue resolution, with travel as needed and a base hourly rate range of $30.11–$40.15 plus eligible bonuses.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• 3–5 years in freight brokerage, account management, or logistics operations.
• Knowledge of DOT regulations, Hours of Service, and claims processes.
• Proficiency with MS Office and TMS systems.
• Strong communication and ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
• Commitment to professional development.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage multi-level shipper relationships for long-term retention and expansion.
• Identify opportunities to grow revenue across FTL, LTL, and Intermodal.
• Ensure operational performance aligns with KPIs, SLAs, and service expectations.
• Create account business plans with goals, risks, and opportunities.
• Collaborate with sales, operations, and leadership on growth strategies.
• Lead customer business reviews with dashboards and KPI scorecards.
• Manage pricing and rate negotiations using market data.
• Develop and implement SOPs for assigned accounts.
• Monitor load activity to ensure efficiency and issue resolution.
• Cross-functional problem solving to resolve service bottlenecks.
• Cross-sell services like Intermodal, Dedicated, Warehousing.
• Maintain market and lane knowledge for competitive positioning.
• Use internal tools to identify performance improvements.
• Model and promote NFI’s culture of accountability and customer focus.

Skills

Communication skills

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Time management

Attention to detail

Relationship management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

TMS systems

MS Office

Job description

Overview

The Customer Account Manager is responsible for driving both the strategic growth and operational excellence of existing brokerage customers. This role combines commercial account management and shipper experience oversight, ensuring high levels of customer satisfaction, account growth, and operational performance. This position reports to the Director of Brokerage Operations.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage strong, multi-level shipper relationships (3x3 coverage) to ensure long-term retention and account expansion.
• Drive organic revenue growth by identifying opportunities to increase volume, margin, and service adoption across FTL, LTL, and Intermodal modes.
• Deliver a high-level operational performance in alignment with customer KPIs, SLAs, and service expectations.
• Create and maintain account-specific business plans outlining goals, risks, and opportunities; present insights and pipeline updates to branch leadership.
• Collaborate with sales, operations, and leadership to develop and execute customer growth strategies.
• Lead customer business reviews, presenting performance dashboards, KPI scorecards, and NFI’s value proposition.
• Manage pricing and rate negotiations leveraging market data and internal tools to competitively position NFI in the market.
• Develop, implement, and manage Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for assigned accounts to ensure operational consistency and customer satisfaction.
• Ensure all load activity is executed efficiently — monitoring service, follow-ups, and problem resolution.
• Proactively identify service risks or bottlenecks and work cross-functionally to resolve issues and maintain performance standards.
• Partner with internal teams to cross-sell additional NFI services (Intermodal, Dedicated, Warehousing, etc.).
• Maintain thorough market and lane knowledge to ensure competitive positioning and proactive communication with clients.
• Use internal and industry tools to identify performance improvements, process optimization, and best practices.
• Model and promote NFI’s culture of accountability, collaboration, and customer-first execution.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Experience: 3–5 years in freight brokerage, account management, or logistics operations (FTL, LTL, Intermodal).
• Strong understanding of DOT regulations, Hours of Service, and claims processes.
• Proficiency with MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and TMS systems.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced environment handling multiple priorities and high communication volume.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with strong conflict resolution abilities.
• Proficient in NFI pricing tools and ability to develop transactional and contractual pricing proposals.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail and accuracy.
• Commitment to continuous learning and professional development aligned with business needs.

Other

• Ability to work a flexible schedule based on shipment volume and customer needs.
• Travel may be required for customer meetings, site visits, or leadership events.
• This job description provides a general overview of the role for purposes of recruiting and assessing talent for the role and its essential functions. However, each individual in the job may perform the duties to varying degrees and in varying ways based on many factors, including their experience, manager, skills, particular carrier mix, and personal preferences.

We are excited to share the base hourly rate for this position is $30.11/hour - $40.15/hour USD. NFI takes into consideration applicants' qualifications, experience, education, geographic location, when determining a starting rate of pay. This position is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus.

Employees are also eligible for a robust benefit program , which includes Medical, Dental, Vision, Prescription Drug Coverage, 401k Plan, Wellness Program, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, and Paid Parental Leave, among other benefit plan options.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

LA County Applicants: The Company will consider qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with applicable state and local laws.

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