Carrier Manager

A growing logistics and supply chain organization is looking for an experienced LTL Carrier Manager to take ownership of its LTL carrier network. This is an opportunity to make a direct impact on carrier partnerships, transportation costs, and service performance while helping shape the company's LTL strategy.You'll build relationships with national and regional LTL carriers, drive performance improvements, negotiate pricing, and collaborate with internal procurement, operations, and finance teams.

What You'll Do

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• Manage and develop strategic relationships with national and regional LTL carriers.
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• Lead carrier negotiations, business reviews, and performance improvement initiatives.
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• Monitor carrier performance, including service levels, claims, billing accuracy, and capacity.
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• Partner with operations and freight audit teams to resolve service issues, billing discrepancies, and recurring challenges.
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• Evaluate carrier pricing, tariffs, discounts, accessorials, and General Rate Increases (GRIs).
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• Support LTL RFPs, sourcing initiatives, and contract negotiations.
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• Identify opportunities to improve transportation costs through benchmarking, consolidation, pooling, and network optimization.
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• Maintain carrier routing guides, agreements, and performance data.
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What They're Looking For

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• 3+ years of LTL experience within a shipper, 3PL, freight brokerage, or LTL carrier environment.
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• Strong understanding of LTL pricing, including tariffs, discounts, NMFC classifications, accessorials, and minimum charges.
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• Experience managing carrier relationships, negotiating rates, and resolving service or billing issues.
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• Strong communication, relationship management, and negotiation skills.
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• Comfortable analyzing performance data and working with Excel or similar reporting tools.
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Why Consider This Opportunity?

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• Ownership: Take the lead on an important transportation category and become the go-to LTL expert within the organization.
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• Impact: Directly influence carrier performance, customer service, and transportation costs.
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• Strategy: Play an active role in carrier sourcing, pricing negotiations, and network optimization.
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• Visibility: Work cross-functionally with procurement, operations, analytics, and leadership to help drive business growth.
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If you're an LTL professional looking to take the next step in your career and have a bigger impact on carrier strategy and transportation procurement, we'd love to connect!