Freight Broker

Freight Broker

We're looking for a driven Freight Broker to join a rapidly expanding flatbed brokerage operation. This is a carrier-focused role you'll source, onboard, and manage third-party carrier relationships while executing loads and growing margin through strong partnerships and smart market decisions. If you're competitive, relationship-driven, and want direct impact on your earnings, this is the role for you. This is a Direct Hire role.

What you will be doing as a Freight Broker:

• Source, onboard, and manage third-party carriers across the brokerage network
• Assign carriers to loads using TMS and digital freight tools to ensure timely pickup and delivery
• Negotiate carrier rates while protecting required margin thresholds
• Resolve in-transit service issues and keep internal teams informed on shipment status
• Provide carrier coverage support for teammates across regions as needed
• Stay current on market trends, rate fluctuations, and capacity shifts
• Build lasting partnerships with dispatchers, drivers, and carrier owners to drive repeat business
• Track KPIs including carrier utilization, margin performance, and on-time delivery
• Partner with customer service teams to align capacity with shipper expectations

Skills you ideally bring to the table as a Freight Broker:

• Foundational understanding of freight brokerage, 3PL, or logistics operations
• Strong communication skills with comfort in high-volume outreach and negotiation
• A competitive, goal-oriented mindset driven by performance and results
• Preferred: 25 years of experience in a brokerage or 3PL environment, especially flatbed
• Familiarity with CRM and transportation management systems (TMS)
• Proven ability to build rapport with dispatchers, drivers, and owner-operators
• Four-year degree or equivalent experience with demonstrated success

Compensation you will receive as a Freight Broker: $48,635$63,235 base salary, with monthly commissions nearing $6,000 and eligibility for additional performance-based incentives. Medical, dental, vision, prescription drug and telemedicine services, company-paid life and disability insurance, retirement savings with company match, paid time off, holidays, parental leave, voluntary benefits, and employee discounts.

Saige Partners, one of the fastest growing technology and talent companies in the Midwest, believes in people with a passion to help them succeed. We are in the business of helping professionals Build Careers, Not Jobs. Saige Partners believes employees are the most valuable asset to building a thriving and successful company culture.