Cranberry Township, PA
Who We Are
Over our 30-year history, PLS Logistics Services has become one of the country’s leading logistics management services providers. We are headquartered in Cranberry Township, PA, with offices in Jacksonville, Tampa, Houston, Dallas, Phoenix, Saint Louis, Philadelphia & downtown Pittsburgh. We are growing as an organization and are looking for top talent to join our team.
Job Summary
Responsible for locating, qualifying, and managing a book of carrier partners to haul within the PLS network as defined by their region.
Essential Job Functions
- Use a regional approach to build and maintain a book of carrier partners; develop and maintain past carrier relationships while continuing to build a solid pipeline of potential new carrier partners
- Leverage carrier relationships to source capacity for on-time pickup and delivery of freight
- Dispatch shipments to motor carriers by following customer service requirements and carrier utilization plans to achieve performance and profit objectives.
- Track and trace all loads in order to maintain on-time pickups and deliveries; provide assistance with service issues and provide resolution to carrier problems.
- Monitor carrier performance and report carrier failures.
- Maintain productive working relationships with motor carriers and PLS employees.
- Other duties as required by business needs or as assigned.
- Analyze PLS and carrier network to secure published rates and guaranteed capacity commitments.
- Other duties as assigned or requested by manager.
More About Us
At PLS, we ship over one million loads annually across all major freight modes: flatbed, van, LTL, rail & barge, air & ocean. Our customers benefit from our broad PLS Transportation network of over 250,000 trucks representing 55,000 carrier partners, along with Class-1 railroads and major barge companies. Are you ready to jumpstart your career?
PLS Logistics Services is An Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer and participates in the E-Verify Employment Verification Program.