Haddonfield, NJ, 08033, USA
12 days ago
Capacity Specialist 1
Tucker Company Worldwide, Inc. Tucker Company Worldwide, Inc. is a family-held, third-generation corporation with a proud legacy of leadership celebrating its 60th anniversary in business. We believe in the importance of investing generously in our people, business, industry, and local community. Tucker Company is the oldest privately-held freight brokerage in North America, specializing in notoriously complicated freight, like temperature-controlled, oversized, and high-value, high-security shipments. We help transportation professionals for some of the world’s top brands ensure the safe, on-time delivery of their freight using carefully designed procedures, cutting-edge technologies, and award-winning service. Whether the shipment is oversized, delicate, high-value, or hazardous, we’re prepared to manage it with the utmost care. Tucker Company serves on the board of the Transportation Intermediaries Association (TIA), chair the Highway Transportation Committee of the National Industrial Transportation League (NITL), and serves on committees in a variety of trade associations important to our customers to understand both our industry and our customers’ industries. We take great pride in moving high-touch, high-security freight in industries where reputation and track record are paramount. Location: Hybrid(Haddonfield, NJ + Remote) Position Type: Full-time  ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES:  Support corporate profitability, customer growth, and satisfaction by collaborating with Capacity Development to source sustainable Carrier capacity to meet or exceed customer expectations: + Support customer growth and satisfaction by utilizing high-quality carrier capacity to cover loads and meet or exceed customer expectations. + Demonstrates self-sufficiency in managing assigned workload, exercises discretion, and uses independent judgment to achieve company growth goals. + Begins to consistently drive decision-making and participates in problem-solving activities that result in achieving team and company goals with little reliance on team members and managers. + Maximize individual, department, and company profitability by purchasing transportation at competitive market pricing, while maintaining service levels. + Collaborate with the Capacity Development team to develop capacity, improve service, and pricing for customer opportunities, ensuring every customer always has the service and capacity needed to drive customer satisfaction and increase load count, revenue, and margin. + In collaboration with Capacity Development, begins to leverage and build operational relationships with carriers to ensure consistent capacity, pricing, and service to customers, keeping Carrier Relationship Management tools accurate and up to date. + Deliver excellent customer service by ensuring adherence to company, customer, and industry policies and best practices. + To maximize customer and carrier satisfaction, demonstrate proactive and effective communication to ensure internal and external customers and carriers are aware of changes and issues before or as they happen, escalating to OEM where necessary. + Collaborate with OEM, Business Development, and Customer Experience to secure new opportunities and win new customers for Tucker. + Learn, adopt, and leverage new technologies to cover more loads, more quickly and drive productivity. Cultivate mentorships across all team members through ongoing training and development initiatives: + Leads by example to support team member assimilation in understanding Tucker's core values, processes and procedures, and foundational freight brokerage skills, to maximize service continuity. The Market & Tools + Market Tucker’s carrier-facing tools to carriers and gather feedback to keep Tucker positioned as a “broker of choice” for carriers. + Share anecdotal evidence of market conditions with teammates to enable the team to win new or protect existing business. QUALIFICATIONS AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS + High school diploma or minimum 1+ years of equivalent industry training or experience + Strong communication skills + Strong organizational skills + Demonstrates a basic understanding of Microsoft Office PREFERRED SKILLS + Bachelor’s Degree + Customer Service Experience a plus + Certified Transportation Broker (CTB) certificate + 1+ years' experience in freight brokerage, 3PL, transportation, or supply chain industry + Enthusiasm to negotiate service and pricing in a live environment ADDITIONAL NOTES + Position requires a demonstrated ability to resolve time-sensitive situations, multi-task, make recommendations to management, effectively communicate verbally and in writing, and navigate a high-paced working environment. + This position is part of a compensated departmental on-call rotation where some scheduled after-hours and weekend support are required. Equal Opportunity Employment:  Tucker Company is dedicated to promoting and supporting diversity within our workplace. We provide an environment that promotes respect, integrity, teamwork, achievement, and acceptance regardless of age, disability, education, gender, gender expression, gender identity, job level, marital status, military status, national origin, parental status, pregnancy, race, religion, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, or other protected factors. Tucker Company is committed to equal employment opportunities and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. Equal employment opportunity applies to all policies and procedures relating to recruitment, hiring, compensation, benefits, promotion, termination and all other terms and conditions of employment. Employees are encouraged to discuss equal employment opportunity-related questions and issues with People and Culture. The Company does not allow any form of retaliation against individuals who, in good faith, raise issues of equal employment opportunity.  Powered by JazzHR
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