Carrier Procurement

This position is a great start to a career in transportation and an opportunity to incorporate yourself into the business for future advancement. We are looking for a career-minded candidate to complement our Logistics Operations team. The candidate will have responsibilities working with our brokerage tools to help create efficiencies for our Broker Carrier Sales team.

As a carrier procurement intern you will be working with the brokerage team. The brokerage team at Paper Transport finds carriers (trucking companies) to haul freight. In the intern you will learn about the supply chain and how customers and trucking companies work together. You will assist in finding companies to move freight by using our computer systems and carrier network. You will follow the process to determine if those carriers meet the qualification to move the freight. You will learn about different data points and how the brokerage team and leaders use the information to determine success, areas of opportunity and how to think strategically different.

Essential Functions:

• Uncover freight carriers within a geographic focus.
• Vet carrier qualifications.
• Discover contacts at freight carriers to initiate onboarding.
• Data discovery within existing logistics tools.
• Data collection from licensed external databases.
• Audit and organization carrier profiles.
• Occasional carrier tracking for the brokerage team.
• Complete projects as requested by your supervisor.

Skills Required for Success:

• Detail Oriented: Ability to work on multiple tasks at the same time.
• Communication: Ability to adjust your tone/style according to your audience, ability to explain complex issues both internally and externally.
• Time Management: Can manage your time to efficiently prioritize tasks while adopting an attitude to take on new tasks and deadlines.
• Self-Motivation: Having a positive attitude and the initiative to work without constant supervision.
• Teamwork: working for our common goal, know when to be a leader and when to be a listener. Ability to be perceptive along with receptive to others needs and responsibilities.
• Conflict Resolution: Have strong interpersonal skills and the ability to establish a rapport with others, know how to be persuasive with the ability to stay calm.
• Computer Expertise: Must be proficient in Microsoft software; Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint.

Work lifestyle you will experience:

• Values-based culture: Commitment to Safety and Create a Great Place to Work.
• We are collaborative with a culture of innovation, nimbleness, and the drive to succeed.
• Generous work/life balance, family first mindset.
• Decision making from the bottom up not the top down.
• Continual development training to enhance your current skill set both soft and technical.
• Ability to work with others within the company on projects that enhance our work experience.