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Senior Account Manager- LTL

Forward Air Corp
  • Dallas, TX
  • Remote
  • $75,000–$85,000 Per Year
2 days ago

Job Description

The Senior Account Manager - Less-Than-Truckload (LTL) is responsible for leading, retaining, and growing a portfolio of the company''s most strategic and complex customer relationships. They drive satisfaction, operational excellence, long-term retention, and profitable revenue growth. They work closely with executive customer contacts and internal stakeholders to develop strategic account plans, identify growth opportunities, resolve complex business challenges, and strengthen long-term partnerships. They leverage deep transportation expertise, industry knowledge, and data to influence decision-making and improve account performance. They are expected to proactively identify risks and opportunities, lead executive business reviews, support commercial strategy, and influence cross-functionally to achieve their goals.

Pay Range: $75,000-$85,000 per/year

Category Focus: Less-Than-Truckload (LTL)

  • Lead a portfolio of strategic and complex transportation customers and serve as a trusted advisor to executive and operational customer stakeholders.
  • Identify, pursue, and close new shipping opportunities within assigned accounts and target markets.
  • Develop and execute strategic account growth plans aligned with customer supply chain initiatives and business objectives.
  • Collaborate with operations teams to ensure successful execution, service performance, and resolution of complex customer challenges.
  • Analyze customer spend, shipping patterns, transportation network activity, and market trends to identify opportunities for freight growth, network expansion, and increased customer value.

Responsibilities

  • Manage a portfolio of strategic customer accounts with responsibility for retention, growth, profitability, and overall account performance.
  • Serve as the primary relationship owner for assigned accounts, building strong partnerships with stakeholders across operational, financial, procurement, and executive leadership levels.
  • Understand customer supply chain strategies and align transportation solutions to support business objectives and long-term partnership growth.
  • Position the Company as a preferred transportation provider within customer logistics networks and supply chain ecosystems.
  • Develop, maintain, and execute strategic account plans focused on revenue growth, retention, operational performance, and customer success.
  • Monitor and analyze account performance, revenue trends, customer satisfaction metrics, and retention risks to identify opportunities and recommend strategic actions.
  • Identify organic growth opportunities, share-of-wallet expansion opportunities, and additional transportation solutions within existing customer portfolios.
  • Establish and maintain customer-specific performance metrics and reporting frameworks to identify root causes, lead corrective action planning, and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
  • Create, prepare, and lead Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs), executive business reviews, and strategic planning discussions with customer leadership teams.
  • Act as a customer advocate within the organization, influencing internal stakeholders and aligning resources to support customer commitments, account objectives, and business priorities.
  • Drive account retention, expansion, and profitability through effective commercial strategy, contract renewals, pricing discussions, and customer negotiations.
  • Partner with Sales on strategic growth opportunities, RFP responses, customer expansions, contract negotiations, and win-back initiatives.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with Operations, Customer Service, Pricing, Commercial, and Leadership teams to improve account performance and customer experience.
  • Provide guidance, mentorship, and best-practice sharing to Account Managers and other team members as a subject matter expert within the LTL business.
  • Monitor transportation industry trends, market conditions, customer needs, and competitive activity to identify opportunities and mitigate business risks.
  • Lead customer onboarding, implementation activities, solution launches, and major account transitions.
  • Manage high-level customer escalations, service concerns, and operational challenges through effective cross-functional leadership and decision-making.
  • Maintain accurate account plans, forecasting information, customer activity, growth opportunities, and pipeline visibility within Salesforce and other business systems.
  • All other duties as assigned to meet evolving business needs.

Qualifications

  • Education: Undergraduate degree in Business, Supply Chain, Logistics, Transportation, or a related field from an accredited college or university required.
  • Experience: 5+ years of transportation, logistics, account management, business development, or related customer-facing experience required, with demonstrated success managing strategic customer relationships.
  • Deep understanding of transportation, freight operations, transportation networks, pricing strategies, terminal/station environments, and related logistics functions.
  • Demonstrated experience managing complex customer accounts, leading executive-level discussions, and developing strategic account growth plans.
  • Strong business acumen with the ability to analyze financial, operational, and customer performance data to support decision-making and growth initiatives.
  • Proven ability to identify revenue risks, develop retention strategies, lead commercial discussions, and drive profitable customer growth.
  • Exceptional relationship management, communication, negotiation, presentation, and problem-solving skills.
  • Demonstrated ability to influence cross-functional teams and effectively manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
  • Demonstrated discretion and confidentiality in handling and protecting sensitive information.
  • Technical: Proficient with common office technologies, including Windows PCs, Microsoft O365 (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.), Salesforce, and web conferencing (Teams, Zoom, Webex, etc.).
  • Environment: Remote; must be comfortable with travel for related meetings/events.

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Numbers & Facts

LocationDallas, TX (
Remote
)
IndustryTransport and Storage - Materials
Salary$75,000–$85,000 Per Year
Company Size2,500 to 4,999 employees
Year Founded1981
Websitehttps://www.forwardair.com/content/careers-0

About Company

Since 1990, Forward Air has been a leading provider of ground transportation and related logistics services to the North American air freight and expedited LTL market. We offer surface shipping on an accelerated “time-definite” basis, delivering cargo at a specific time, but under less time-sensitive situations – supplying you with a cost effective, reliable alternative to air transportation. We work with companies of all sizes to develop tangible advantages and build the best products to meet your specific needs. Forward Air presents to the wholesale transportation community (logistics companies, freight forwarders, integrated air cargo carriers, passenger/ cargo airlines, and non-traditional shippers), a single-source provider that can deliver more supply chain services and a superior menu of choices. Throughout the years we have added supplementary lines to our linehaul service, such as full truckload operations (Truckload Services), final-mile coverage (Complete® Cartage), and an Airline Logistics program, and we will continue to expand our services to meet the changing needs and growth of our customer base.

Forward Air is structured to optimize both savings and service to our customers. Direct partnerships with owner-operators and other surface transportation providers, enable us to remain cost-competitive. The Forward Air network is designed with over 90 facilities located at or near major U.S. and Canadian airports, 12 regional sort centers and over 300 beyond points (secondary airports provided through our Complete Cartage service), creating one of the most comprehensive linehaul networks in the industry.

The foundation product for Forward Air is our expedited linehaul service, offering consistent and reliable transit and on-time, damage-free deliveries. By locating terminals on or near airports and maintaining a scheduled transportation network, we are able to arrange for convenient and consistent service with broad geographic coverage. Shipments of varying sizes (TL/LTL) are received at our terminals and transported by contracted service providers either (1) on a direct truck to the destination terminal, (2) through our Columbus, Ohio central sorting hub, or (3) through one of our 12 regional hubs, where they are unloaded, sorted, and reloaded in rapid fashion. After reloading the shipments, our contracted service providers deliver them to the destination city for early morning recovery. Through our Forward Air Complete® cartage service, customers also can have shipments picked up from the shipper, delivered to the final consignee, or transferred at the airport, simplifying the freight management processes. These options allow us to maximize handling efficiency of each shipment while minimizing freight loss and damage, improving transit times over traditional ground transportation.

Skills

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  • Industry/Trade Analysisunmatched
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  • Microsoft Outlookunmatched
  • Microsoft PowerPointunmatched
  • Microsoft Product Familyunmatched
  • Microsoft Windows Operating Systemunmatched
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  • Relationship Managementunmatched
  • Request for Proposals (RFP)unmatched
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  • Risk Analysisunmatched
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  • Root Cause Analysisunmatched
  • Sales Managementunmatched
  • Sales Strategyunmatched
  • Salesforce.comunmatched
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  • Strategic Planningunmatched
  • Supply Chainunmatched
  • Target Marketingunmatched
  • Trend Analysisunmatched
  • Vendor/Supplier Planningunmatched
  • Web Conferencingunmatched
  • WebExunmatched
  • Win-Back Initiativesunmatched

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