What are the responsibilities and job description for the Transportation Broker position at Kenan Advantage Group?
Transportation Broker Position Overview
KAG Logistics is seeking a driven, results-oriented Transportation Broker to manage the full lifecycle of freight transactions—from prospecting and onboarding shippers to carrier sourcing, rate negotiation, dispatch, and final delivery. This role is responsible for building a book of business, maintaining strong customer relationships, and ensuring seamless execution of shipments.
The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced environment, excels at problem-solving, and is motivated by performance-based earnings uncapped.
Key Responsibilities
Sales & Business Development
Qualifications
All Employees Of The Company Are Expected To
KAG Logistics is seeking a driven, results-oriented Transportation Broker to manage the full lifecycle of freight transactions—from prospecting and onboarding shippers to carrier sourcing, rate negotiation, dispatch, and final delivery. This role is responsible for building a book of business, maintaining strong customer relationships, and ensuring seamless execution of shipments.
The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced environment, excels at problem-solving, and is motivated by performance-based earnings uncapped.
Key Responsibilities
Sales & Business Development
- Prospect and develop new shipper relationships through cold calling, email outreach, networking, and referrals
- Build and manage a personal book of business
- Negotiate competitive freight rates with customers
- Identify opportunities for growth within existing accounts
- Source and vet qualified carriers
- Negotiate rates to maximize margin while ensuring service reliability
- Develop and maintain strong carrier relationships
- Ensure all carriers meet compliance and insurance requirements
- Coordinate and dispatch shipments from pickup through delivery
- Track loads and proactively communicate updates to customers
- Troubleshoot and resolve service issues in real time
- Manage documentation including rate confirmations, BOLs, PODs, and invoicing
- Manage gross margin on each load
- Accurately input load details into TMS
- Assist with billing and collections as needed
- Monitor profitability and KPIs
Qualifications
- Business to business inside sales, and / or transferable customer account management experience (preferred)
- Bachelor’s degree (preferred)
- 2-5 years of freight brokerage or 3PL experience (preferred)
- Proven ability to develop and manage customer relationships
- Strong negotiation skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication
- Ability to multitask and manage high shipment volume
- Proficient in TMS systems and Microsoft Office/Google Workspace
- Highly organized and detail-oriented
- Base salary uncapped industry leading commission
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- Paid time off
- 401(k)
- Career advancement opportunities
- Gross margin per load
- Monthly revenue generated
- Load volume
- Customer retention rate
- On-time pickup and delivery percentage
- New customer acquisition (Hunting)
- Customer account growth (Farming)
- Customer scorecard / KPI compliance
- Builds and maintains a profitable book of business
- Maintains strong shipper and carrier relationships
- Consistently meets or exceeds margin and revenue targets
- Demonstrates ownership and accountability from load creation to final delivery
All Employees Of The Company Are Expected To
- Promote positive work habits including effective and timely communication, teamwork and respect for co-workers.
- Provide constructive guidance to other employees and representatives of third parties.
- Contribute to providing the highest quality of products and services to customers.