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Procurement Analyst

Kelly Services
Austin, TX 78703
**Title:** Procurement Analyst

**Location:** Austin, TX

**Pay Rate:** $45,000/year

**Duration:** Direct Hire

**Position Description:**

As **Digital Procurement Representative,** you will play a crucial role at Redwood Multimodal and our Digital Freight Brokerage by identifying, sourcing, and developing strong business relationships with service providers to achieve maximum profitability and customer satisfaction.

**Covid-19 Safety Measures:**

+ Virtual meetings encouraged whenever possible

+ Workstations assigned with at least 6 feet between others

+ Face masks required when social distancing is not practical/possible

+ Extra personal protective equipment and hand sanitizer available onsite


+ Build and maintain new and current strategic carrier profiles through research and networking and aligning Redwood truckload sales opportunities

+ Actively engage carrier partners primarily by phone, targeting 80+ dials per day

+ Confidently introduce the Redwood Digital Freight Brokerage (DFB) product to carrier prospects, profiling 20 new carriers per day

+ Engage in continuous follow up to carriers, understanding what network offers work, which lanes are an ideal fit, and reinforcing the value proposition to the carrier partners

+ Build understanding of macro-market conditions and how it has an impact on truckload rates and capacity

+ Resolve carrier relations and accounting issues

+ Provide and negotiate freight rates to motor carriers (and internal sales team as needed), ensuring maximum profitability on a daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly basis

+ Coordinate available customer freight with available motor carrier equipment

+ Consistently provide service and support to motor carriers to build the business relationship

+ Maintain a file of all open truck shipments and of records of trailers in assigned areas

+ Communicate with motor carriers to schedule trucks and resolve issues

+ Verify all freight charges, confirm receipt of Bill of Lading, and resolve all payables discrepancies prior to final payment to motor carrier

+ Monitor Bill of Lading discrepancies to ensure proper return of commodity is arranged, as necessary

+ Actively seek out Redwood contract lanes, and create a dedicated capacity solution

+ Research, contact, and develop new carrier relationships to leverage a portfolio of carrier networks to introduce new capacity to customer sales opportunities

+ Resolve carrier relations and accounting issues


+ Excellent communication, networking, negotiation, and problem-solving skills

+ Results-driven

+ Thrives in a fast-paced environment

+ Flexible; ability to change focus quickly to meet the demands of market conditions and/or company needs

+ Logistical planning, routing, or dispatch experience a plus


+ Culture of unlimited growth with new positions and departments created regularly to support our growing customer base

+ Paid maternity and paternity leave policies

+ Medical, dental, vision and 401k plans (with match)

+ Flexible-spending, mass transit and dependent care plans

+ Health savings account, with company contribution

+ Short-term, long-term and life insurance policies subsidized by company

+ Cell phone discounts; reduced fees for health and fitness clubs

+ Additional benefits including pet insurance, accident care and more

+ Competitive referral bonus program

+ Competitive PTO plans, with extra floating holiday and time off to volunteer

+ Fundraising and volunteer opportunities to give back to our local and national communities

**PLEASE NOTE:** This position is not being handled by the local branch. If you or someone you know are interested, please reply to this posting or email updated resume to



**About Kelly** ****


Posted: 2021-10-08 Expires: 2021-11-08

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