What are the responsibilities and job description for the Freight Broker position at Trivelo Marketing?
Role Overview:
This role focuses on supply chain management, data analytics, and sales. As a Freight Broker, you’ll manage the full carrier lifecycle: sourcing, negotiating, and building long-term strategic partnerships that keep global supply chains moving.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Carrier Development: Research, select, and onboard carrier partners aligned with the company’s standards. Build a reliable pipeline of targeted carriers and optimize network capacity to drive profitability.
- Negotiation & Strategy: Negotiate spot and contractual rates, leverage market data to optimize margins, and make independent commercial decisions.
- Operational Leadership: Manage daily load coverage, evaluate carrier performance analytics and KPIs, and solve supply chain challenges in real time.
- Continuous Growth: Collaborate across sales and account management teams, contribute to business reviews, and leverage modern brokerage tech tools (TMS, data analytics, Excel) to streamline processes.
- Learn directly from Capacity Directors and senior leadership who are invested in your professional development.
Required Qualifications:
- Completed Bachelor’s Degree required (Business, Supply Chain Management, Logistics, or a related field preferred).
- High-Energy Communicator: Comfortable managing a high volume of inbound and outbound calls (around 80–100 calls/day) to build rapport, negotiate rates, and seal deals with carriers.
- Drive & Mindset: Highly motivated self-starter eager to master negotiation, financial acumen, and market dynamics.
- Strong analytical ability, quick decision-making under pressure, and comfort using Excel, TMS, and analytics tools.
- Experience: Previous internship or 0–3 years of experience in transportation, logistics, phone sales, or customer service is a plus. We are fully prepared to train candidates with the right drive and grit!
- Ready to jumpstart your supply chain career?
About Us:
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