Full-time
Monday to Friday 8-5 pm EST.
Remote Independent Contractor
ModelKite is comprised of friendly professionals providing safe, efficient, and affordable transportation solutions tailored to your supply chain needs. Starting with our fast response times, we take a highly attentive, proactive approach to minimizing challenges and optimizing your cross-border and domestic shipments. For consistently delivering quality services at competitive rates, we’ve proudly established a loyal customer base that has been with us since our beginnings or earned through referrals.
What we offer:
· Paid time off
· Paid training
· Uncapped commission
Functions:
- Prospect new carriers through lead generation, research, and cold calling
- Manage shipment capacity by liaising with carriers, negotiating rates, and making informed decisions to meet specific load requirements
- Post loads on different Load boards
- Maintain and nurture existing carrier relationships by communicating effectively, understanding their needs, and exploring growth opportunities
- Uphold high-quality service standards across all tasks, ensuring exceptional delivery outcomes
- Seek out and solve potential freight-related operational issues
- Collaborate internally on freight rates, market trends, pricing strategy, and account implementation plans
- Maintain a strong grasp and market knowledge of shipping lanes, geography, and seasonality
Qualifications:
- At least one year of experience in the Dispatching transportation/logistics industry
- Any TMS experience is a plus.
- Load board experience ex. DAT, Truckstop, etc.
- Skilled with OFFICE 365 (Outlook, Excel, Word, etc.)
- Excellent organization and negotiation skills
- Decision-making, problem-resolution, and creative thinking skills
- Ability to handle stressful situations.
Requirements:
- Work-from-home setup
- Two monitors (MacBook is not allowed)
- Minimum internet speed 30Mbps.
- No background noises.
- Good headset and camera.