Account Executive

Core Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end sales process, converting qualified prospects into long-term customers.
• This is a highly outbound, prospecting-driven role. Account Executives are expected to generate the majority of their pipeline through self-sourced prospecting. Success requires comfort with autonomy, ambiguity, and creating opportunities from scratch.
• Drive bookings and revenue growth from both new and existing customers.
• Lead discovery conversations to understand customer freight profiles, pain points, and annual freight spend.
• Position FlockDirect and Shared Truckload as differentiated, industry-changing solutions tailored to each customer’s needs.
• Maintain a high level of prospect and customer talk time through calls, meetings, demos, and follow-up activities.
• Develop and execute account plans to maximize wallet share and long-term revenue potential.
• Build credibility and trust through strong communication, follow-through, and account management.
• Partner with internal teams to ensure successful freight execution, including managing accessorials, overrides, and approvals.
• Support new customers through onboarding and contract execution, including coordination with legal when required.
• Accurately track pipeline, account activity, and customer communications within Flock systems.
• Consistently achieve or exceed monthly gross profit and shipment volume targets.

What Success Looks Like

• A consistently full pipeline driven by high outbound activity and smart prospecting.
• Strong close rates and sustained revenue growth across a book of business.
• Customers who clearly understand and see value in Flock’s differentiated freight model.
• Reliable achievement of activity, shipment, and gross profit goals.
• Long-term customer relationships built on trust, performance, and strategic partnership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred
• 1+ year of direct, customer-facing sales experience in an outbound or mixed outbound environment, with responsibility for prospecting, discovery, and closing
• Strong understanding of LTL freight; experience with Partial or network-based solutions is a plus
• Proven ability to consistently meet or exceed sales and activity quotas
• Competitive, self-motivated, and driven by performance, achievement, and earning potential.
• Enjoys the hunt of outbound selling and takes pride in creating opportunities rather than waiting for them
• Comfortable with cold calling and proactive outbound selling
• Strong communication, negotiation, and problem-solving skills
• Ability to quickly learn and confidently sell new, technology-driven products
• Motivation driven by results and ownership of outcomes
• Desire to work in a fast-paced, high-growth environment

Compensation

• Hybrid Work Model: As an organization we value in-office collaboration, working cross-functionally, and winning together. Through scheduled in-office and work from home days, we are able to work more efficiently and collaboratively.
• 401(k): We know Flock may just be a stepping stone in your epic journey, but we want to be sure you’re setting your future self up for success!
• Medical, Dental & Vision: Generous coverage for employees and dependents. Both HMO and PPO options provided.