Carrier Sales Representative - 2nd Shift

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Summary: As a Carrier Sales Representative, you will develop relationships with carriers to source, negotiate, and secure capacity for moving freight, managing procurement activities from prospecting to partnering with carriers. Highlights: 1. Cultivate strong core carrier relationships 2. Fast-paced, high-energy role with tremendous growth opportunity 3. Self-motivated problem-solver with a desire to meet carrier and customer needs Apply Now Position: Carrier Sales Representive - 2nd Shift Compension: $60,000 to $65,000 annually + Monthly Commissions Schedule: 3pm - 11pm M-F Job Description:  As a Carrier Sales Representive, you will develop relionships with carriers to source, negotie and secure the capacity to move available freight for Forward Air and our customers in a timely and cost-effective manner. A Carrier Sales Representive manages all activities reled to the procurement of carriers, from prospecting new carriers to utilizing capacity with partner carriers and working to understand how Forward Air can help our carrier partners grow. This is a fast paced, high-energy role where you can make an immedie impact and have tremendous growth opportunity. Core Responsibilities & Duties:  Cultive strong core carrier relionships, learning our carriers' preferred lanes and operions Prospecting new carriers through individual research and carrier lead lists Making outbound calls to carriers to gher available capacity and book loads with carriers Negotie transactional res for carriers based on the market, and work with carriers on long term res when and where approprie Maintain continuous communicion with carriers and customer account managers to ensure outstanding customer service for our carriers and customers Other duties as assigned Qualificions:  The ideal candide will possess a “can do” titude with a “will do” work ethic who is not afraid to go beyond every day for themselves and Forward Air Solutions Oriented team player who will ask questions, offer solutions, and step up to help others Self-motived problem-solver with fervent desire to meet carrier and customer needs  Willing to proactively reach out to carriers on the phone; both cold calls and relionship calls are vital to the success of a Carrier Sales Representive Proactively establish and maintain effective working team relionships with all support departments Comfortable taking calculed risks and learning quickly from your success and short falls. You’ll be encouraged to make decisions and grow from those experiences.  Desire for a long-term career with an industry leading company  Skills:  Negotiion skills Ability to multitask and stay organized  Must have the ability to work in a fast-paced environment  Strong verbal and written communicion skills  Bachelor’s degree or equivalent Transportion industry knowledge and experience is a plus  Forward Air is an Equal Opportunity employer #L1-TW1 Apply Now