Client Success Specialist

Posted 6 Days Ago
Los Angeles, CA, USA
In-Office
Mid level
Logistics • Transportation • 3PL: Third Party Logistics • Industrial
The Role
Serve as primary customer contact for day-to-day operations, onboarding, quoting, order execution, issue resolution, and billing follow-up. Coordinate across Sales, Operations, Supply Chain, and Finance, prepare pricing and reports, support renewals and forecasting, identify upsell opportunities, and maintain account documentation and process improvements to drive customer satisfaction and retention.
Summary Generated by Built In

The Client Success Specialist plays a critical role in supporting customer satisfaction, account retention, and revenue growth by serving as a key liaison between customers and internal teams. This role enables Account Executives to focus on business development and strategic account management by owning day-to-day customer support, operational coordination, and sales administration activities. They partner closely with Sales, Operations, Supply Chain, Customer Service, and Finance to ensure seamless onboarding, accurate quoting, efficient order execution, and timely issue resolution. They serve as a trusted point of contact for customers, helping to build long-term relationships through responsiveness, communication, and proactive problem solving. They also support pricing activities, performance reporting, and customer lifecycle management to drive a high-quality customer experience across the organization’s multimodal freight network. Success in this role requires strong organizational skills, attention to detail, customer focus, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment.

 

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the primary point of contact for customers regarding day-to-day operational needs, including order status, documentation requests, service inquiries, and issue resolution.
  • Coordinate customer onboarding activities and ensure completion of required documentation, system setup, and implementation milestones.
  • Support contract preparation, review coordination, execution tracking, and renewal management activities.
  • Monitor customer accounts and maintain accurate account documentation, records, and standard operating procedures.
  • Prepare customer quotes, pricing proposals, bids, and RFP responses based on customer requirements and carrier/vendor rates.
  • Validate pricing accuracy, margin requirements, and supporting documentation to ensure compliance with business standards.
  • Partner with Sales, Operations, Supply Chain, Customer Service, and Finance teams to ensure successful execution of customer commitments.
  • Resolve customer concerns, billing discrepancies, pricing issues, short shipments, and documentation-related exceptions in a timely manner.
  • Monitor invoice aging and proactively follow up with customers regarding outstanding balances and payment-related inquiries.
  • Generate sales reports, dashboards, quarterly business reviews (QBRs), and customer performance metrics to support business decision-making.
  • Assist with forecasting, pipeline reporting, and other sales operations processes.
  • Identify potential upsell and cross-sell opportunities through analysis of customer activity, service gaps, and operational trends, and communicate opportunities to the appropriate sales representative.
  • Facilitate communication between customers, sales representatives, and internal stakeholders to ensure alignment and responsiveness.
  • Maintain proposal, pricing, and operational process templates while continuously identifying opportunities for process improvement.
  • All other duties as assigned to meet evolving business needs.

 

Qualifications

  • Education: Associate’s degree or Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Logistics, Transportation, Sales, Marketing, or a related field, from an accredited college or university, preferred. Equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
  • Experience: Prior experience in customer success, sales support, sales operations, account coordination, customer service, or a related business support role; experience within freight forwarding, transportation, logistics, or supply chain environments strongly preferred.
  • Strong organizational, prioritization, and project coordination skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks and competing deadlines.
  • Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills with a strong customer-focused approach.
  • Proficiency with CRM systems, quoting platforms, transportation management systems (TMS), reporting tools, and Microsoft Excel; experience with Salesforce, CargoWise, WorldTrak, Power BI, or similar platforms preferred.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including experience reviewing pricing information, identifying discrepancies, and validating margins.
  • Ability to collaborate effectively across cross-functional teams including Sales, Operations, Supply Chain, Finance, and Customer Service.
  • Familiarity with multimodal freight services, including ground, air, ocean, and expedited transportation is preferred.
  • 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.) and web conferencing (Teams, Zoom, Webex, etc.)
  • Environment: Comfort commuting to/from and working in a 100% on-site setting (listed in this posting), with travel for related meetings/events.

 

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Skills Required

  • Prior experience in customer success, sales support, sales operations, account coordination, or customer service
  • Experience within freight forwarding, transportation, logistics, or supply chain environments
  • Associate's or Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Logistics, Transportation, Sales, Marketing, or related field (or equivalent experience)
  • Strong organizational, prioritization, and project coordination skills
  • Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills with customer-focused approach
  • Proficiency with CRM systems, quoting platforms, TMS, reporting tools, and Microsoft Excel
  • Experience with Salesforce, CargoWise, WorldTrak, or Power BI
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; ability to review pricing, identify discrepancies, and validate margins
  • Ability to collaborate effectively across Sales, Operations, Supply Chain, Finance, and Customer Service
  • Familiarity with multimodal freight services (ground, air, ocean, expedited)
  • Demonstrated discretion and confidentiality handling sensitive information
  • Comfort commuting to and working in a 100% on-site setting and travel for related meetings/events
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The Company
6,062 Employees
Year Founded: 1981

What We Do

Forward Air Corporation is an asset-light freight and logistics company that provides ground transportation and related shipping services to the North American air freight and expedited LTL market. It offers a reliable, cost-effective alternative to air transportation through accelerated, time-definite surface shipping. The company serves as a single-source provider for the wholesale transportation community, including logistics companies, freight forwarders, and air cargo carriers.

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