Freight Broker

What your responsibilities will include:

• Brokering freight for Canadian and US Customers for both LTL and FTL shipments
• Building and maintaining relationships with carriers
• Local and Long Dispatching for a mix of Trucks for your routes
• Dispatching Rail/Flatbed/Reefer Trucks
• Managing all inbound and outbound activities for your routes
• Keeping up with Customs Regulations
• Analyzing load information from customers in order to determine and verify the appropriate routes, border crossing points and rates
• Setting up daily schedules
• Maintaining contact with the customers throughout the duration of an order, communicating both positive and negative occurrences
• Performing warehouse and document audits to ensure compliance and functioning operations
• Working with a variety of departments to ensure functioning operation

 

What we require from you:

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Minimum 3 years of Freight Brokerage experience
• Minimum 3 years of Dispatching experience
• Truck Mate experience is an asset
• Experience in with LTL freight
• Excellent knowledge of Truck Transportation industry
• Excellent Knowledge of brokering truckloads, negotiating rates, carrier development, scheduling pickups and deliveries, and tracking shipments
• Familiarity with common carrier tariffs, freight classes, NMFCs, TMS systems and Load Boards is an asset