Logistics Executive

East West Hauling is looking for a talented, experienced and senior profile for Logistics Executive to help with continued business growth. This is an operational position that acts as a liaison between customers, sales and carriers. You should be able to Multitask and resolve issues in high-pressure situations and proactively identify and resolve issues using critical thinking skills.

Job Duties & Responsibilities:

• Work with carriers to ensure shipments are dispatched, loaded, and emptied in a timely manner.

• Ensure that all logistics work is reflective of the actual times that the work transpired.

• Understand all customer requirements and put plans in place to meet the service expectations

• Be familiar with the geographic service area and the industry standard rates that apply to each area.

• Answer all customer questions, both internal and external, concerning loads, service, or billing information.

• Sourcing new customers by developing leads and cold calling potential customers.

• Creating, developing, and retaining business relationships with customers.

• Increase and Maintain understanding of current market conditions and business trends.

• Managing and negotiating rates based on the current market demand.

• Thoroughly understand the intricacies and rapid changes that occur in the freight industry & use this knowledge to better service the existing client base.

Location:
Harrison, NJ

Experience/Abilities

• Successful candidate is someone with experience into Sales, Supply Chain/Logistics Customer Service/Customer Relationship Management and who has a high energy level, positive attitude and keen attention to detail with an aptitude for competence and ability to thrive in a high-pressure environment.

• Ability to deftly handle multiple priorities and conflicting deadlines with minimal supervision.

• Good with Excel and other Microsoft Office products as well as transportation industry software.

• Accuracy with data processing is extremely important as well as reconciling your work and following up and correcting errors.

• Confident, self-directed person who is able find and solve problems independently.

• Demonstrated interpersonal skills with the ability to interact professionally with an array of internal and external partners as well.

• Should be a driver of updating software and processes to improve efficiency and accuracy in operations and reporting.