Overview
Front Row Logistics is a specialized freight brokerage focused exclusively on open decks and over-dimensional shipments across North America. Based in Schiller Park, IL, we are building a high-performance team delivering a solution based, first-class customer and carrier experience in one of the industry’s most demanding and rewarding segments.
Role Overview
The Carrier Representative is responsible for sourcing, vetting, and managing carrier relationships to cover open deck, heavy haul, OD, and project freight for Front Row's customer accounts. You own the capacity side of the business - building a reliable network of flatbed, step deck, RGN, lowboy, and heavy haul carriers that can execute in any given market. This role requires urgency, relationship-building skills, and a deep understanding of specialized equipment and nationwide lanes.
Position Responsibilities
- Source qualified carriers for open deck, heavy haul, and OD loads through load boards, carrier outreach, and network development
- Ensure all carriers are properly onboarded with valid authority, insurance, and safety ratings
- Actively prospect and onboard new carriers to expand Front Row's capacity network in target lanes and regions
- Negotiate rates with carriers that balance cost competitiveness with service reliability to maximize margin
- Support permit and routing coordination for OD moves in collaboration with account managers
- Collaboration with account managers on tracking and updates
- Maintain accurate carrier and load records within the TMS
What We're Looking For
What makes this opportunity so exciting is the different backgrounds that find success within the industry. We are open to candidates of all levels and job experience. Most importantly, we are seeking someone self-motivated, with a team player mindset and a passion for problem solving and exceptional carrier relations.
Required
- Strong verbal communication skills - you can negotiate, build rapport, and close quickly over the phone
- High sense of urgency and the ability to thrive under time pressure without sacrificing accuracy
- Competitive, results-oriented mindset - you keep score and you want to win
- Ability to manage multiple active loads and carrier conversations simultaneously
- Comfortable working in a performance-measured environment with clear KPI’s
Preferred
- Prior experience in freight brokerage carrier sales, dispatch, or asset-based trucking operations
- Familiarity with open deck equipment types: flatbed, step deck, RGN, lowboy, stretch trailers, and heavy haul configurations
- Working knowledge of OD permitting, pilot car requirements, and state routing regulations
- Experience with load boards (DAT, Truckstop) and TMS platforms
- Existing carrier relationships in the flatbed or specialized freight space
Why Front Row Logistics
Customers and carriers are not the only ones who get Front Row experience; our employees do as well. By having direct access to executive leadership, you’ll have the opportunity to voice real ideas and input into how the company continues to build and grow. Focusing on open deck and heavy haul, we get into the nitty, gritty, solution-based market eliminating the monotony of general freight.
Pay: $60,000.00 - $110,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Gym membership
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
