This full-time role starts in the Spring/Summer of 2025. Other roles with an immediate start can be found on our Careers site.
Do you enjoy creating new relationships? Are you a self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment? If so, our Capacity Portfolio Representative position might be the perfect fit for you!
As a Capacity Portfolio Representative, you'll blend inside sales, account management, and operations to grow and manage a portfolio of carriers. Your mission will be to deliver exceptional service by collaborating with trucking company owners, dispatchers, and drivers, ensuring the right truck is matched with the right shipment at the perfect time and price.
If you're driven by creating connections, solving challenges, and exceeding customer expectations, this role is for you. You'll sharpen your sales skills and move fast to meet customers' supply chain challenges and business needs. The relationships you develop with carriers will fuel their success-and your own!
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So, what can we do for you?
We believe that when you achieve, we succeed. Our commitment to your success starts on day one with a dynamic and comprehensive onboarding program designed to jumpstart your knowledge of the industry and C.H. Robinson's systems and processes. You'll benefit from top-tier training, continuous development, and a supportive team culture that empowers you to excel.
Let's talk money...
We offer our Capacity Portfolio Representatives a competitive base salary, with opportunities to earn monthly bonuses based on stellar performance. Your drive and results will directly shape your financial success.
Flexibility for your wellbeing
At C.H. Robinson we're firm believers in the power of in-person collaboration to fuel innovation and propel success. In this role you will engage with peers in-office four days a week, igniting creativity and driving impactful results. With the flexibility for remote work one day a week, this role strikes the perfect balance between teamwork and autonomy.
On your next adventure, you'll...
- Establish and maintain carrier relationships through lead generation, cold calling, and referrals
- Learn about carriers' business goals, preferences, and capabilities to maximize relationships and satisfaction
- Monitor account activity, identify inactive or underutilized accounts, and take action to reactivate them
- Leverage technology such as automated booking products, C.H. Robinson's carrier website, and mobile apps to enhance carrier satisfaction and efficiency
Support Capacity Procurement
- Analyze freight market trends, seasonality, and supply-demand factors to make informed pricing decisions
- Use capacity analysis and internal costing tools to guide your buying and negotiating strategies
- Proactively post, negotiate, and secure available capacity to meet customer needs
Deliver Exceptional Customer Service
- Provide outstanding service by addressing carrier issues promptly and implementing effective solutions
- Regularly review and act on carrier feedback to improve service
- Identify and recommend the best payment solutions for each carrier based on their needs
- Assist carriers with cash advances and resolve payable issues to ensure smooth operations
Execute Process Efficiency
- Collaborate with internal teams on shipment updates, problem resolution, and operational execution
- Maintain accurate transit load visibility and reinforce on-time pickup and delivery expectations
- Identify root causes of issues and implement solutions to enhance performance
You're a great fit if you have:
- High School Diploma or GED equivalent
Even better if you:
- Value a diverse and inclusive work environment
- Hold a Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university
- Have experience using customer perspective to guide decisions and actions
- Can persuade, motivate, influence, and negotiate with others
- Display strong decision-making, multi-tasking, communication and interpersonal skills
- Enjoy solutions driven work by leveraging appropriate tools to evaluate and make recommendations
We value an environment where you can grow by challenging yourself and are supported with the potential for internal promotion - within Sales, Global Forwarding, Operations, Account Management or other areas - so you can discover new interests, develop your strengths, and reach your life goals. So what are you waiting for? Click that apply button.
Questioning if you meet the mark? Studies have shown that women, people of color, and individuals with disabilities may be less likely to apply unless they match the job description exactly. Here at C.H. Robinson, we're building a diverse and inclusive workplace where all employees feel they belong. If this position excites you, we welcome you to apply whether you check all the preferred qualifications or just a few. You may just be our next great fit!
Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer
C.H. Robinson is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We believe in equality for all and celebrate the diversity of our employees, customers and communities. We believe this increases creativity and innovation, drives business growth and enables engaged and thriving teams. We're committed to providing an inclusive environment, free from harassment and discrimination, where all employees feel welcomed, valued and respected.
Affirmative Action Employer/EOE/M/F/Disabled/Veteran
Benefits
Your Health, Wealth and Self
Your total wellbeing is the foundation of our business, and our benefits support your financial, family and personal goals. We provide the top-tier benefits that matter to you most, including:
- Two medical plans (including a High Deductible Health Plan)
- Prescription drug coverage
- Enhanced Fertility benefits
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Health Savings Account (including employer contribution)
- Dental and Vision
- Basic and Supplemental Life Insurance
- Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
- Paid and floating holidays
- Paid time off (PTO)
- Paid parental leave
- Paid time off to volunteer in your community
- Charitable Giving Match Program
- 401(k) with 6% company matching
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Plus a broad range of career development, networking, and team-building opportunities
Dig in to our full list of benefits on page.