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Trista Wearing
Senior Freight Broker (Austin)
Posted: 05/21/2025
2025-05-21
2025-07-14
Employment Type:
Direct Hire
Industry: Logistics
Job Number: 17440
Field of Expertise: Supply Chain Logistics
Remote Friendly: Hybrid Work Schedule
Job Description
Our client, a full-service logistics company, is seeking a Senior Freight Broker for a full-time opportunity in Austin, TX. Candidates must be local to Austin as this role will require onsite training before moving to a hybrid schedule.
As a Freight Broker, you are responsible for identifying freight transport opportunities and building client relationships. This sales role will promote and deliver services in accordance with established policies and procedures while pursuing company goals and objectives.
ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Base Salary: $70k plus uncapped commission structure. Final determination will be based on an evaluation of experience, education, budget, etc.
As a Freight Broker, you are responsible for identifying freight transport opportunities and building client relationships. This sales role will promote and deliver services in accordance with established policies and procedures while pursuing company goals and objectives.
ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES
- Use independent judgement and discretion to determine which shippers have freight transport opportunities, which lanes to quote, which loads to accept, as well was what price to quote customers and what margin to earn.
- Establish, maintain, and improve shipper relationships.
- Make calls to shippers daily.
- Coordinate with Operations and other departments to track loads.
- Quote shippers and provide up-to-date information.
- Establish and maintain relationships with shippers.
- Collaborate with coworkers in a team-oriented environment.
- Maintain up-to-date awareness of company activities, industry trends, and government regulations.
- Travel to client, customer, carrier, and/or prospect sites, as needed.
- Completes required training.
- Perform other related duties assigned.
- 2-5 years of freight broker sales experience (customer/shipper sales).
- Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common industry documents and reports.
- Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community.
- Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, and basic arithmetic.
- Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
- Strong Microsoft Office proficiency. Salesforce experience helpful.
Base Salary: $70k plus uncapped commission structure. Final determination will be based on an evaluation of experience, education, budget, etc.
Meet Your Recruiter
Trista Wearing
Senior Director Recruiting
Trista joined Corps Team in 2006. She is a results-oriented Talent Acquisition professional with 20 years of Recruiting, Account Management and HR experience. Trista received her bachelor's degree in Human Ecology with a minor in Business Administration from The University of Tennessee. She is dedicated to delivering exceptional service and consistently amazes our clients with her ability to find the "purple squirrel" (the one in a million candidate for the job).
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