Project Specialist, Network Growth at FourKites

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

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Not SpecifiedCompensation
Junior (1 to 2 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Supply Chain, LogisticsIndustries

Requirements

  • Love variety and ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
  • Ability to switch seamlessly between calls, Excel spreadsheets, and cloud CRM with flawless execution
  • Obsessively organized, detail-oriented, and driven
  • Thrive in fast-paced environments and comfortable with ambiguity and lack of structure
  • Enjoy solving challenging problems using critical thinking and creativity
  • Entrepreneurial spirit - proactively make things happen and step up on opportunities
  • Intelligent with strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Superior organization skills and attention to detail
  • Comfortable communicating with a wide variety of people, including senior leadership
  • Insatiable curiosity and love for learning new things
  • Bachelor's degree from an accredited university (preferred but not required)
  • Proficient in MS Office, Google Apps, and CRM tools
  • Customer-facing experience
  • Experience in logistics or SaaS (a plus)

Responsibilities

  • Onboard carriers to the platform using creativity to solve unique and changing problems and decide integration methods
  • Lead carrier calls, set follow-up tasks, and action items
  • Navigate and understand enterprise-level software, diagnose and solve complex technical and operational problems
  • Understand customer and company business objectives to determine and execute carrier onboarding and compliance goals
  • Provide regular updates on onboarding and compliance progress to customers, including direct interaction, presentations, and decisions on work prioritization
  • Maintain clear, updated, and accurate records in CRM and other internal documentation
  • Identify and implement best practices for capturing and utilizing visibility data
  • Engage carriers to improve operations and tracking quality through proactive account management
  • Monitor data and collaborate with carriers and shippers to resolve issues promptly
  • Provide regular updates on implementation progress and challenges
  • Coordinate with customers and support teams to prioritize issue resolution
  • Act as liaison with carrier onboarding teams to enhance experience
  • Manage carrier dependencies to accelerate adoption
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with Marketing, Sales, and Engineering to streamline processes and improve the product
  • Complete strategic projects as assigned and collaborate to achieve company and department OKRs
  • Act as a stakeholder and voice for Operations and carriers, providing product feedback and serving as a product subject matter expert
  • Achieve individual quarterly OKRs and KPIs

Skills

Carrier Onboarding
CRM
Enterprise Software
Technical Troubleshooting
Account Management
Customer Presentations
Supply Chain Operations
Compliance Management

FourKites

Real-time supply chain visibility platform

About FourKites

FourKites provides a platform for supply chain management that focuses on real-time visibility and predictive analytics. The platform collects data from millions of shipments worldwide and uses AI technology to analyze this data, offering businesses insights to improve their supply chain operations. This helps companies manage risks, enhance responsiveness, and optimize their processes. FourKites connects all parts of a supply chain through its applications, ensuring that teams have access to the same information. A unique feature of their platform is Fin AI, which uses natural language processing to help businesses find optimization opportunities and automate tasks. Unlike its competitors, FourKites stands out by combining a vast real-time supply chain network with specialized applications and patented AI technology. The goal of FourKites is to help large brands manage their supply chains more effectively and efficiently.

Chicago, IllinoisHeadquarters
2014Year Founded
$205.8MTotal Funding
LATE_VCCompany Stage
Data & Analytics, AI & Machine LearningIndustries
501-1,000Employees

Benefits

Medical, dental, & vision
PTO
401k with company match
Annual wellness stipend
Ongoing learning & development opportunities

Risks

Emergence of competitors like Auger with significant funding challenges FourKites' market share.
Overhaul's $55 million funding round intensifies competition in supply chain visibility.
Rapid market growth may attract more entrants, increasing competition for FourKites.

Differentiation

FourKites tracks 3 million shipments daily across multiple transportation modes.
The platform integrates real-time data with machine learning for end-to-end supply chain visibility.
FourKites' YardWorks suite optimizes gate and yard logistics with AI and computer vision.

Upsides

FourKites is recognized as a leader in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for four consecutive years.
The company collaborates with major brands like Organik Kimya and Clariant to enhance efficiency.
Growing demand for AI-powered supply chain tools boosts FourKites' market potential.

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