Carrier Management Representative - will be responsible for managing partner carriers by using the Carrier Scorecard and through facilitating onboarding calls with carriers.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
- Develop and update training materials related to carrier scorecard metrics and carrier onboarding program
- Preparing and delivering written and oral presentations as needed
- Monitor email for documents and/or questions received from carriers.
- Evaluate carriers using the carrier scorecard and provide feedback to carrier and procurement team
- Ensure carriers are following Protrans standards
- Anticipate problems and work proactively to solve them.
- Identify and implement continual improvement initiatives to enhance the performance of carriers, position, team, and company.
- Travel to carrier sites in Mexico – as needed
- Always represent ProTrans professionally.
- Coordinate carrier onboarding calls
- Manage expenses within company guidelines.
- Lead/manage carrier management team members through training and daily communications
Job Qualifications
- Strong Analytical skills
- Strong communication (both verbal and written) - Teaching duties are the primary function of this job.
- Problem solving and decision-making skills.
- Develop proactive communication with carriers.
- Ability to utilize Microsoft Office Suite (Access, Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
- Ability to utilize web-based Business Intelligence tools to identify downward trends and continuous improvement opportunities.
- Must be self-motivated and willing to be versátil in work schedule and hours. This job often requires taking calls during off hours or weekends to assist with carrier issues.
- International Travel (US, Canada, Mexico), at times up to 25%
- Good customer relations skills and ability to communicate professionally and effectively with all management levels.
- Must have Passport and be able to travel to and from Mexico, Canada, and U.S.A. as necessary.
- Reliable transportation, and ability to drive to carrier sites in other cities.
- Ability to analyze problems and opportunities and systematically approach them to make improvements both short term and long term.
- Work with Senior management to solve large systemic issues.
- Good discernment skills in knowing when to escalate issues.
EDUCATION And/or EXPERIENCE
Bachelor’s degree in Logistics, Transportation, or business-related field with two years of relevant experience, OR minimum of five years’ experience in a related field