Carrier Manager
C.H. Robinson
C.H. Robinson is hiring a Carrier Manager to join our dynamic team in Amsterdam!
As a Carrier Manager, you’ll be the key point of contact for our customer’s carriers, responsible for building strong relationships, monitoring performance, and driving continuous service improvements. In this role, you’ll act as the customer’s representative to the carrier, ensuring seamless communication and collaboration.
You’ll work closely with the customer’s internal team and our own account team, owning the operational relationship with the carriers. Success in this role requires excellent relationship-building skills, clear and confident communication, a solid grasp of service and cost metrics, and a deep understanding of the transportation industry. Strong project management capabilities are also essential.
If this sounds like the right fit for you, we’d love to have you on board—join us and make an impact!
**DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**
The duties and responsibilities of this position consists of, but are not limited to, the following:
+ Collaborate to create performance improvement plans to carrier and track improvement to plan
+ Work to continuously improve carrier management processes
+ Manage carrier rates, lane bids and maintains master rate file
+ Responsible for rate and invoice exception management in conjunction with the internal customer account team
+ Publish and interpret carrier scorecards and service metrics
+ Act as carrier escalation point to assist with the resolution of any open issues
+ May participate in procurement projects including, but not limited to, data extraction, analysis, formatting, and presentation of rates and data related to pricing requests
**QUALIFICATIONS**
Required:
+ Minimum 4 years carrier or project management experience in a logistics environment, ideally within 4PL/3PL
+ Excellent communication skills in English
+ Ability to travel up to 25% (domestically and internationally)
Preferred:
+ Professional experience in Procurement, carrier sales, transportation, logistics, and/or Supply Chain
+ Exceptional facilitation skills including but not limited to relationship management, presentation, documentation and accountability
+ Should possess strong root cause and analytical skills
+ Strong negotiation and conflict resolution skills
+ Demonstrated ability to communicate with various levels within customer
+ Ability to identify, understand and execute based on market trends and pricing strategies
+ Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite of programs
+ Values a diverse and inclusive work environment
**WHAT WE OFFER:**
+ Real opportunities to grow your talent in a fast-moving, global organization
+ A fun, open, and inclusive workplace that encourages innovative thinking
+ Possibility to develop your language skills in our multilingual offices
+ Opportunities for professional growth with access to training platforms
+ Flexible work arrangements to support a healthy work-life balance
+ Comprehensive benefits: competitive salary and performance-based bonuses, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) after one year of employment, Travel allowance.
Questioning if you meet the mark? Studies have shown that some individuals may be less likely to apply unless they match the job description exactly. Here at C.H. Robinson, we’re building an 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!
**Why Do You Belong at C.H. Robinson?**
C.H. Robinson solves logistics problems for companies across the globe and across industries, from the simple to the most complex. With $22 billion in freight under management and 19 million shipments annually, we are one of the world’s largest logistics platforms and rank in the FORTUNE 200. We’ve been an innovator in logistics for over 100 years. Our global suite of services accelerates trade to seamlessly deliver the products and goods that drive the world’s economy. With the combination of our multimodal transportation management system and expertise, we use our information advantage to deliver smarter solutions for more than 90,000 customers and 450,000 contract carriers on our platform. Our technology is built by and for supply chain experts to bring faster, more meaningful improvements to our customers’ businesses.
As a responsible global citizen, we contribute millions of dollars to support causes that matter to us and our people. FORTUNE has named C.H. Robinson one of the World’s Most Admired Companies 2024, showcasing our position as a leader in our industry. Our commitment to excellence is further affirmed by being named a Great Place to Work 2023-24 by the Great Place to Work Institute, one of Forbes’ Best Employers for Diversity and one of America’s Greatest Workplaces in 2023 by Newsweek. Join us as we collaborate, innovate, and work as one global team to make life better and more sustainable for our customers, communities, and world. For more information, visit us at www.chrobinson.com .
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