Logistics Account Manager – Lombard – USA

What will you enjoy doing

• Develop business with clients, accept/decline to negotiate pricing, rate competitiveness and assess service regularly.
• Monitor and assess customer portfolio, continually strengthening relationships with existing customers, and finding and developing new customers.
• Leverage brokerage pricing techniques and tools, and market awareness and knowledge to effectively secure business while building a customer portfolio.
• Able to assess risk and guard against unforeseen risk to the company and recommend solutions and counsel others.
• Ability & willingness to support carrier management duties as needed by the business.
• Responsible for attaining monthly individual goals which lead to meeting or exceeding branch AOP.

What you need to succeed

Qualifications, experience, skills, attributes

• BA in Business Management, Logistics or like discipline, or combination of education and logistics expertise, or customer service/sales experience.
• Experience in supply chain, logistics, transportation, or like experience.
• Advanced communication (written and verbal), organizational, and problem solving skills.

Preferred skills

• Proficient in negotiating, sales or broker experience.
• Ability to deliver exceptional service through positive engagement and patience.
• Ability to work in a team environment to continuously improve results.
• Ability to promote a culture of trust and safety.

Working conditions

• This position will be required to work in an office environment with moderate noise levels, and, with or without reasonable accommodation is required to:
•  Remain in a stationary position for extended periods of time.
• Frequently operate a computer for extended periods of time and regularly operate other office productivity machines.
• Occasionally ascend/descend stairs and move up to 20 pounds of office objects.
• Frequently communicate with peers, supervisors, third parties, and other employees to exchange accurate information and answer questions.
• Occasionally attend meetings in buildings outside corporate office and at off-site locations with various internal conditions, and requiring travel in various external conditions.