LTL & Truckload Specialist

Cargomatic; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

401(k) plan with company match

Generous paid time off

Job summary

Cargomatic in Long Beach, CA is seeking a hands-on Carrier Sourcing & Operations Specialist to fuel our freight marketplace. You’ll source carriers, price FTL/LTL, negotiate rates, and cover freight to keep capacity tight and margins strong.

You’ll live on load boards and our TMS, monitor lanes for cost efficiency, ensure carrier compliance, and collaborate with sales, dispatch, and customer service to move bookings as one flow.

Qualifications

• 2+ years in freight brokerage, carrier sales, or transportation operations.
• Hands-on carrier sourcing and rate negotiation.
• Familiarity with load boards (DAT/Truckstop) and a TMS.
• Ability to price FTL and LTL with lane history and market rates.
• Strong negotiation instincts and attention to margin.

Responsibilities

• Source carriers and develop contracted capacity for key lanes.
• Live on load boards to price and cover rates, reducing spot spend.
• Price FTL/LTL using lane history, fuel, and accessorials.
• Monitor margins and propose repricing and carrier utilization ideas.
• Ensure carrier compliance: insurance, operating authority, FMCSA safety.

Skills

Carrier sourcing

Rate negotiation

Freight brokerage

Load boards

Data fluency

Tools

DAT

Truckstop

TMS

Job description

About The Role

Cargomatic moves freight across full truckload, over-the-road, local, and LTL, and the largest share of it moves through our marketplace and dedicated shorthaul book. This role is the hands-on engine behind that movement. You will spend your day sourcing carriers, working the load boards, negotiating rates, and covering freight before it turns into a fire drill. You will price FTL and LTL opportunities as they come up and turn quotes around fast for sales. This is a build-and-cover seat for an operator who likes being in the market every day, can read a lane, and takes pride in keeping capacity locked and margin intact. You will report to the Director of LTL (Marketplace) & Truckload.

What You Will Own

• Carrier sourcing and development. Recruit and onboard FTL and OTR carriers, build repeatable relationships on the lanes that matter, and grow contracted capacity so we lean on the spot market by choice rather than necessity.
• Marketplace and capacity coverage. Live on DAT and the load boards, source competitive carrier pricing, negotiate daily market rates, and cover difficult freight efficiently. Get ahead of demand instead of chasing it, and pull spot spend down in the process.
• Pricing and quote support. Price FTL and LTL opportunities using lane history, market conditions, fuel, and accessorials. Get quotes back to sales quickly and secure capacity before a shipment goes critical.
• Margin and lane discipline. Watch your lanes for margin erosion, flag the underperformers, and bring repricing and carrier-utilization ideas to the Director. Protect the number on every load you touch.
• Compliance and network hygiene. Keep carriers current on insurance, operating authority, safety ratings, and customer requirements, and run onboarding steps (W-9, FMCSA and safety review, system setup) cleanly.
• Cross-functional execution. Work with sales, dispatch, and customer service so booking moves through delivery as one flow, and resolve exceptions before they reach the customer.

Required

• 2+ years in freight brokerage, carrier sales, or transportation operations, with hands-on carrier sourcing and rate negotiation.
• Working command of load boards (DAT, Truckstop, or equivalent) and a TMS.
• Comfort pricing FTL and LTL freight: lane analysis, market rates, fuel, and accessorials.
• Strong negotiation instincts and the drive to cover hard freight under time pressure.
• Familiarity with carrier compliance basics: insurance verification, operating authority, and FMCSA safety ratings.
• Solid Excel and data fluency.

What you bring

• 2+ years in freight brokerage, carrier sales, or transportation operations, with hands-on carrier sourcing and rate negotiation.
• Working command of load boards (DAT, Truckstop, or equivalent) and a TMS.
• Comfort pricing FTL and LTL freight: lane analysis, market rates, fuel, and accessorials.
• Strong negotiation instincts and the drive to cover hard freight under time pressure.
• Familiarity with carrier compliance basics: insurance verification, operating authority, and FMCSA safety ratings.
• Solid Excel and data fluency.

Nice To Have

• Experience across modes (FTL, OTR, local, LTL), and with Power Only, Drop Trailer, or dedicated OTR freight.
• Marketplace or dedicated shorthaul brokerage experience.

Benefits

• Competitive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• 401(k) plan with company match.
• Generous paid time off including vacation, sick time, and company holidays.
• Employee assistance program and wellness resources.
• Opportunities for professional growth and career development.
• Collaborative, people-first culture focused on safety, compliance, and continuous improvement.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Cargomatic is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.