Strategic Logistics Account Manager

Stevens Transport; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Vision Insurance

Dental Insurance

Life Insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Quarterly match

Job summary

Stevens Transport in Dallas, TX, seeks a National Logistics Account Manager to ensure truckload coverage for customer-awarded freight and to secure new opportunities. You will act as the main liaison for assigned customers, coordinate with internal teams, and drive growth while maintaining service integrity.

The role focuses on reducing empty miles, tracking shipments, managing bookings, and delivering exceptional on-time performance.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in business development, sales, or transportation operations.
• Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Excel functions.
• Ability to handle high volumes of inbound/outbound email and understand capacity and network.
• Extremely organized and able to communicate across multiple stop deliveries.
• Ability to perform in a deadline-driven environment with rapidly changing priorities.

Responsibilities

• Communicating with assigned customer base as the single point of contact and build relationships.
• Working with other internal departments to balance capacity and freight including teams of analysts.
• Soliciting additional freight opportunities that eliminate empty miles when necessary.
• Researching and attempting to remedy service issues daily.
• Tracking and tracing shipments and providing superior service record with on-time performance for 95% or better.
• Relaying excess load availability to Brokerage and Rail divisions.
• Reviewing EDI data for accuracy before releasing verifications to the customer.
• Responsible for close oversight of all internal activities that impact service obligations.
• Maintaining key carrier performance indicators.
• Navigating all customer requests including those that may come last-minute upon the supply chain delivery timelines.
• Management of bookings and provide resolution of delayed pickup/delivery, billing, etc.

Skills

Business development experience

Client relationship management

Transportation operations knowledge

Communication

Organizational skills

Tools

Microsoft Excel

EDI systems

Job description

Stevens Transport in Dallas, TX, seeks a National Logistics Account Manager to ensure truckload coverage for customer-awarded freight and to secure new opportunities. You will act as the main liaison for assigned customers, coordinate with internal teams, and drive growth while maintaining service integrity.

The role focuses on reducing empty miles, tracking shipments, managing bookings, and delivering exceptional on-time performance.