Freight Broker

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A. Duie Pyle, Inc.

Posted 3 months ago

Full Time

Upper Allen Township, Pennsylvania

In Person

Smart Summary

Responsibilities

The Freight Broker acts as a liaison between shippers and carriers to secure product transportation and manage the sales pipeline. Responsibilities include generating leads, negotiating market-level pricing, and ensuring timely shipment execution and documentation.

Qualifications

A. Duie Pyle is seeking a Freight Broker to manage relationships between shippers and carriers. Key requirements include a Bachelor's degree or relevant work experience, strong communication skills, and a motivated, team-oriented mindset. Proficiency in MS Office and interpersonal skills are also important for this role.

Job Description

A family-owned business since 1924, A. Duie Pyle provides a range of integrated transportation and distribution solutions throughout the Northeast. Supported by our vast network of Less-Than-Truckload (LTL) service centers, warehouse facilities, and dedicated locations, we have the ability to offer flexible and seamless integrated solutions tailored to our customer’s needs.

Simply put, when it comes to integrated supply chain solutions, Pyle People Deliver. Our promise is to provide outstanding service as it remains to be our first and foremost mission.

Position Summary: 

As a Freight Broker for Pyle, you will develop skills for prospecting, relationship management, negotiation, communication, and teamwork.  You will serve as a liaison between shippers and carriers to secure the transportation of products.

The responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to:

  • Generating leads, prospect potential customers, and develop a sales pipeline
  • Making cold calls, warm lead calls and closing calls on customers
  • Negotiating market level pricing to customers
  • Handling all data entry points for shipments including scheduling
  • Developing and managing Truckload carriers who embody a service first approach
  • Negotiating market level pricing with your carriers
  • Selecting carriers for shipments who can deliver safely, on-time, and damage free
  • Building multi-level relationships with customers and carriers
  • Ensuring timely pickup, tracking, delivery, documentation and invoicing occurs for your customers and carriers
  • Collaborating with claims and finance during exception management 

To be qualified for this position, you must possess the following:

  • Bachelor’s Degree or relevant service related work experience
  • Demonstrated positive attitude; team-first mindset  
  • Interpersonal skills, including the ability to quickly build a rapport with both customers and suppliers
  • Must be growth oriented, motivated, and have a sense of urgency
  • Strong communication skills; proficiency in MS Office

The following skillsets are preferred, but not required:

  • Understanding of DAT, other load boards, or additional pricing technologies
  • Basic understanding of how lanes fluctuate based upon seasonality and external events

For a full job description associated with this posting, please contact A. Duie Pyle’s Human Resources department. This job posting is intended solely for external advertising purposes and does not represent a comprehensive list of all job-related duties and qualifications.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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A. Duie Pyle, Inc.

At A. Duie Pyle we believe in first-class service and satisfying customers every time we’re called upon. Our people collectively believe in a service-first culture that supports long-term relationships, honoring commitments, communicating the truth and solving customer problems. This passion, backed by purposeful effort, promises business growth for customers through a network of logistics centers and a team of supply chain experts and professional drivers. With a powerful Northeast regional infrastructure and a portfolio of services that includes LTL, dedicated fleet, warehousing and distribution, port services and third-party logistics, the Pyle People Deliver. We are a family-owned business with more than 100-years of experience where the value of trust cannot be overstated.
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