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Freight Manager
- Vancouver, BC, Canada
Full-time
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- Full-time
- Closing date
- Experience
- 3+ years of freight, transportation, logistics, or brokerage management experience
- Posting language
- English
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Freight Manager
Location: Vancouver, BC | Full-Time
DelGate Logistics is growing and is looking for an experienced Freight Manager to lead and expand our freight operations.
This is a leadership role for someone who understands the transportation industry, can build strong carrier relationships, manage a team, solve problems quickly, and ensure every shipment moves efficiently and profitably.
What you’ll be responsible for:
- Oversee day-to-day freight operations across FTL, LTL, intermodal, drayage, cross-border, and local transportation
- Lead, train, and manage freight coordinators and dispatch staff
- Build and maintain relationships with carriers, owner-operators, brokers, and customers
- Negotiate carrier rates and ensure competitive pricing and margins
- Quote freight opportunities and support the sales team on larger transportation solutions
- Monitor shipment progress, resolve delays, claims, service failures, and customer issues
- Review profitability, carrier performance, and operational KPIs
- Improve processes, systems, and reporting to support growth
- Ensure compliance with transportation regulations, insurance requirements, and internal procedures
- Work closely with warehouse, dispatch, customer service, and account management teams
What we’re looking for:
- 3+ years of freight, transportation, logistics, or brokerage management experience
- Strong understanding of Canadian freight markets, including FTL and LTL
- Experience with carrier sourcing, rate negotiation, dispatch, and freight quoting
- Proven ability to manage people and keep a fast-paced operation organized
- Strong communication, customer-service, and problem-solving skills
- Comfortable working with TMS/CRM systems, Excel, and operational reporting
- Self-starter with a strong sense of ownership and urgency
Why join DelGate?
DelGate is a fast-growing Canadian 3PL providing warehousing, fulfillment, freight, and white-glove delivery solutions across Canada. You will have the opportunity to take ownership of a growing freight division, build relationships, improve operations, and directly contribute to the company’s growth.
Compensation: Competitive salary based on experience, plus performance-based incentives.
- To apply, please submit your resume and a short note explaining your freight-management experience.
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Responsibilities
Oversee freight operations across multiple transportation modes, lead and develop freight coordinators and dispatch staff, and manage relationships with carriers, customers, and other partners. Negotiate rates, support freight sales, resolve shipment and service issues, monitor profitability and performance, improve processes, and ensure regulatory and internal compliance.
Requirements
Requires at least three years of freight, transportation, logistics, or brokerage management experience and a strong understanding of Canadian freight markets, including FTL and LTL. Candidates should have experience in carrier sourcing, rate negotiation, dispatch, and freight quoting, along with people-management, communication, problem-solving, and operational systems skills.
Skills
- Freight Operations Management
- Team Leadership
- Rate Negotiation
- Freight Quoting
- Dispatch
- Carrier Sourcing
- Shipment Tracking
- Claims Resolution
- Customer Service
- Profitability Analysis
- KPI Monitoring
- Process Improvement
- Transportation Compliance
- TMS/CRM Systems
- Excel
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Categories
- Logistics
- Transportation
- Management & Leadership
- Customer Service & Support
Keywords
- Freight Management
- Transportation
- Logistics
- Third-Party Logistics
- FTL
- LTL
- Intermodal
- Drayage
- Cross-Border Transportation
- Local Transportation
- Carrier Sourcing
- Carrier Relationships
- Owner-Operators
- Freight Brokerage
- Rate Negotiation
- Freight Quoting
- Dispatch
- Shipment Tracking
- Claims
- Carrier Performance
- Operational KPIs
- Profitability
- Transportation Regulations
- Insurance Requirements
- TMS
- CRM
- Excel
- Warehouse Operations
- Customer Service
- Process Improvement