As a Sales Representative at PLS Logistics Services, you will act as an essential resource for your customers, helping ship their freight across the nation, 24/7/365. The inside sales role comes with the passionate support of our company and your co-workers around you.
Responsibilities:
Your first week
- Learn about PLS Logistics Services and the logistics industry
- Hear from our top home-grown leaders on how to be successful
- Participate in our fully paid training and orientation
- Familiarize yourself with our business model and transportation management system
- Get on the phones and grow your network
Your first month
- Continue to develop a portfolio of clients by cold calling using our provided industry leads
- Understand how to negotiate pricing to close the deal
- Take charge of client service issues to the point of resolution
- Be open to coaching and learning while putting in the time and effort to be successful
- Update tracking system accurately throughout the day
Your first six months
- Be the trusted advisor to your customer, helping manage their logistics challenges
- Liaise with Logistics Coordinators to help shoulder your load and allow you to bring in more business
- Seek out promotional opportunities to move up the ranks
- Maintain a strong understanding of the industry, including rates, capacities, and carriers.
Your first year and after
- You tell us. Write your own ticket.
Pay And Benefits:
At PLS Logistics Services, we take pride in attracting top talent. In addition to unlimited PTO and a
$47,000 starting salary, our benefits include:
- $1,000 signing bonus
- UNCAPPED commission, starting in the first week of training
- Full medical, dental, and vision coverage options
- Tuition reimbursement
- Extensive growth opportunities and a long track record of internal promotions to back it up
- 401k plan with employer match
- Chairman’s Club opportunity – celebrate with the best of best as a reward for being a top sales representative
- Extensive, world-class sales and logistics training
- Ongoing sales competitions with prizes
- Earning structure is uncapped!
- Base plus commission
- Culture is fun and collaborative
- We are a growing company with growth opportunities
- Trillion-dollar industry
- Family feel
- You will not be boxed into any specific territory, region, or industry
- We have lead gen specialists - they do the prospecting for you!
Qualifications/ Our ideal candidate:
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field (preferred)
- Self-motivated
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Strong work ethic
- Persistence
- Adaptable and dynamic
- High energy
- Entrepreneurial spirit
Founded in 1991, PLS Logistics Services has become one of the country’s leading logistics services providers. Based in Cranberry Township, PA, a suburb of Pittsburgh, PLS provides dependable outsourced logistics solutions as well as freight brokerage services.
We manage more than 1 million loads each year through all major freight modes: truckload, LTL, rail & barge, air & ocean, and intermodal. Through our innovative TMS and carrier network, we make efficiency and transparency a top priority for our customers.
PLS is trusted by small and mid-sized businesses and Fortune 500 organizations alike, consistently recognized as a top logistics provider by Inbound Logistics, Transport Topics, and other industry-leading publications.
