What are the responsibilities and job description for the Carrier Sales Representative position at GEODIS?
Summary:
The Carrier Sales Representative is focused on capacity development and carrier management in support of the customer sales operation.
Job Duties:
· Develop and manage the carrier database and expand GEODIS’s services
· Successfully understand carrier’s operational capabilities, freight needs, and service area
· Foster and develop relationships with carriers in North America
· Reach and excel the required load coverage levels and target margin goals
· Utilize and display sharp negotiation skills to ensure GEODIS provides the most cost effective logistics solutions
· Meet dispatching and check call requirements
· Maintain reliable communications with sales team regarding changes in shipper pickup and customer delivery schedules and potential service failures
· Communicate customer problems, needs, leads and inquiries to the sales team
· Provide shipment quotes to customers
· Prioritize available freight to efficiently and effectively cover all available customer loads
· Track all booked loads from the point the transportation provider is contracted through final delivery of the load
· Understand and support the goals, policies, and procedures of GEODIS
· Other duties as required and assigned
Requirements:
· Previous freight brokerage experience preferred
· PC literate with experience with Microsoft Outlook, Word, Access and Excel
· MS Office computer skills
· Ability to work well independently, occasionally with minimal supervision, and as part of a team
· Ability to consistently follow existing processes, develops new processes, and maintains required standards, and work with the team to improve them
· Exceptional customer service focus and skills
· Must have a drive to succeed, confidence and superior verbal communication skills
· Organizational and scheduling skills
· Strong negotiation skills
· Bilingual; English and Spanish speaking preferred, but not required
Environment:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee frequently is required to sit, reach with hands and arms, and talk. The employee is regularly required to use hands to manipulate, handle, or feel. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 15 pounds. The employee is regularly exposed to ambient lighting and temperate climate conditions.
The following statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified.
Job Duties as documented in this job description are considered “Essential Functions” and have been created by the standards of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The standards of the Americans with Disabilities Act (1990) require that employees be able to perform “Essential Functions” of the job with or without reasonable accommodation. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the “Essential Functions”.