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Senior Inside Sales Executive

Velocity Logistics HiringUnited States🇺🇸United StatesPosted Oct 6, 2026

Quick Overview

Seniority
Mid Senior
Work mode
Hybrid
Location
United States
Posted
2 days ago
Inside Sales

Job Description

Job Description
Inside Sales Executive – Freight Forwarding
Location:
International Freight
Forwarding/Logistics
Employment Type:
Full-Time - 5 days a week in the office
Applicants must be a US Citizen, Green Card Holder, or hold a current/valid work visa. About the Opportunity
We are looking for an experienced Inside Sales Executive to join a growing international freight forwarding business.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone with a strong understanding of international pricing, procurement, quoting, and freight forwarding operations who enjoys working with customers and converting opportunities into revenue. The successful candidate will work closely with customers, overseas agents, carriers, and internal operations teams to develop competitive solutions across air, ocean, and other international transportation services. If you have freight forwarding experience and understand how to price, quote, procure and win international freight, we'd love to hear from you.

Manage and develop relationships with new and existing customers. Identify new sales opportunities and proactively develop business. Prepare accurate and competitive international freight quotations
. Negotiate rates with carriers, NVOCCs, airlines, steamship lines, and other service providers. Understand customer requirements and develop tailored air, ocean, and multimodal solutions
. Coordinate closely with operations to ensure a smooth transition from quote to shipment. Maintain accurate customer, pricing, and opportunity information within the company's systems.

Develop a strong pipeline and consistently work toward monthly and annual revenue and gross-profit targets.

Support account development and identify opportunities to increase customer spend and share of wallet.
3+ years of experience within international freight forwarding, logistics, or a related environment.
~ Strong knowledge of international freight pricing and procurement
.
~ Proven experience preparing and managing freight quotations
.
~ Understanding of air and ocean freight
; Strong understanding of carrier and supplier rate structures.
~ Confident communicating with customers, carriers, overseas agents, and internal teams.
~ A proven ability to identify sales opportunities and turn quotes into business.

The Ideal Candidate
This role would suit someone currently working in inside sales, pricing, procurement, sales support, or customer solutions within the freight forwarding industry who is ready to take their career and earning potential to the next level. If your strength is knowing the market, finding the right rates, building competitive quotes, understanding margins, and winning business
, this could be an excellent fit.

This is an opportunity to join a growing freight forwarding organization where your pricing knowledge, customer relationships, commercial ability, and sales performance will have a direct impact on the company's growth. If you're looking for a role where you can combine freight forwarding expertise with sales and commercial development
, we'd like to speak with you. Apply today for a confidential conversation.

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