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As a member of the ShipBob team, you will grow with an ownership mindset. You'll take on real problems, create tangible solutions, and drive results that move the needle for ShipBob, our merchants, and for your own professional growth. If you're ready to do the most meaningful work of your career, this is the place.

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Location: Remote in India

Shift Timings: 5:30 PM IST to 2:30 AM IST, with a flexibility of ±2 hours based on business requirements and U.S. Daylight Saving Time (DST).

The Freight Specialist is responsible for helping book less-than-truckload (LTL), partial, and full truckload (FTL) shipments across multiple business verticals that include but are not limited to: internal transfers within the ShipBob network, client customer orders, client inbound, and client B2B orders. In addition, the freight specialist is responsible for proactively solutioning any service disruptions and/or potential disruptions that result in failing to meet the agreed-upon customer service guarantee. The Freight Specialist will monitor carrier performance closely and make any necessary adjustments to our carrier portfolio due to noncompliance and/or repeated service failures. The Freight Specialist will also address any internal as well as merchant driven freight status inquiries and escalations. Potential for new role "advancement" within 2 to 3 years depending on business needs and growth. This role reports to Manager, Carrier.

What you'll do:

• Work independently to identify, investigate, and proactively solve carrier service disruptions and/or potential disruptions that result in failing to meet the agreed upon customer service guarantees.
• Help manage LTL and TL transportation spend by utilizing Shipbob tools and processes to identify the lowest cost carrier to meet shipment requirements.
• Strengthen ShipBob Freight's key performance indicators with a focus on on-time pick and on-time delivery by closing monitoring carrier and facility performance and escalating instances of noncompliance
• Responsible for reviewing open orders and optimizing load plans based on critical shipment attributes that include but are not limited to: pallet count, weight, origin, destination. Ship by date, and Deliver by Date
• Book less-than-truckload (LTL), partial, and full truckload (FTL) shipments across multiple business verticals that include but are not limited to: internal transfers within the ShipBob network, client customer orders, client inbound, and client B2B orders
• Monitor carrier performance closely and make any necessary adjustments to our carrier portfolio due to noncompliance and/or repeated service failures
• Timely address freight inquiries and escalations submitted by both our internal client care teams as well as from the client directly
• Work cross functionally in a fast paced environment between various departments, both internally and externally
• Track missed delivery and pick-up appointments for both merchant and ShipBob managed freight and recover any rolled shipments
• Maintain multiple reports specific to Freight team standard work.
• Comply to all food safety and compliance policies and regulations.
• Additional duties and responsibilities as necessary.

What you'll bring to the table:

• Excellent multitasking ability as there are several platforms traversed daily.
• Flexibility on schedule (may require some overtime / staying late due to tasks).
• Solid analytical skills, with experience in reports, Excel, Google and following processes.
• Experience with managing freight within a Transportation Management System (TMS)
• Demonstrated problem solving skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills as we are on multiple calls, emails and direct messaging with senior leadership and operations teams; it is very important to be clear and understood.
• Teamwork and integrity: we want to make sure we work together and are transparent within our organization; if something is missed, it is called out and fixed in real time.
• Reliability is critical to this role. This position is time intensive, and requires a dedicated person who can plan ahead and use time off wisely so workload is covered.

Perks & Benefits:

• Medical, Term & Accidental Insurance
• All Purpose Leave (casual & sick time): 12 days
• Earned Leave: 15 days
• Public Holiday: 12 days
• Generous Maternity & Paternity Leave
• Quarterly Wellness Day
• Work From Home Allowance

We recognize that people come with a wealth of experience and talent beyond just the technical requirements of a job. If your experience is close to what you see listed here, please still consider applying. Diversity of experience and skills combined with passion is a key to innovation and excellence; therefore, we encourage people from all backgrounds to apply to our positions.

Building the world's leading full-stack fulfillment platform is challenging work. The problems we solve are complex, the pace is fast, and the bar is high. That means ShipBob's environment isn't the right fit for everyone, and that's okay. If you are ready to take ownership, push boundaries, and grow alongside a team that genuinely supports each other, we would love to hear from you.

Learn more about our core values and how we perform at a high level in our day-to-day work on our Culture page.

ShipBob is a leading global supply chain and fulfillment technology platform designed for SMB and Mid-Market ecommerce merchants to provide them access to best-in-class capabilities and to deliver a delightful shopper experience. Merchants can outsource their entire fulfillment operations, utilize ShipBob's proprietary warehouse management system for in-house fulfillment, or take advantage of a hybrid solution across ShipBob's dozens of fulfillment center network in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Europe, and Australia. ShipBob is backed by leading investors like Menlo Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, Hyde Park Venture Partners, and SoftBank Vision Fund 2, and is one of the fastest-growing tech companies headquartered in Chicago.

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We may use AI-powered tools during our interview process to support things like notetaking and organizing feedback so our teams can stay focused on getting to know you. These tools help create a more consistent and thoughtful experience. That said, every hiring decision is made by a human.

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There is no deadline to apply for this position, as ShipBob accepts applications on an ongoing basis.