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International Freight Sales Representative — Canada (Toronto preferred)

Confidential - Freight Forwarding Company

Canada — Toronto / GTA preferred (remote)

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# International Freight Sales Representative — Canada (Toronto preferred) **Compensation:** Base + uncapped commission. Comp open for the right international forwarder seller with a transferable CA/US book. **Location:** **Canada** — strong preference for **Toronto / Greater Toronto Area** candidates, open to other Ontario or Canadian locations for the right book. Remote with periodic travel. A growing international freight forwarding company is hiring a Canada-based international freight sales representative to build and grow its **Canada / US trade-lane** book. This is a hunter seat: you carry your own book, open new-logo accounts, and partner with operations to deliver end-to-end. **Immediate hire.** ## What you'll do - Carry your own international freight forwarding book across Canada / US trade lanes (ocean **and** air) - Hunt and close new-logo accounts across Canada with cross-border and international freight needs - Manage the full sales cycle: prospect → discover → quote → win → handoff to operations - Bring or build a portable book — accounts that follow you, not just history ## What we're looking for - **Currently in the shipping & logistics industry** — not transferable from outside the vertical - **International freight forwarding sales experience** — ocean **and** air - **CA/US cross-border trade-lane track record** — you know the process, the lanes, the players, and the customers - **Hunter DNA** — proven ability to open new logos, not just grow an inherited book - Self-directed and comfortable carrying a number remotely, based in the Toronto area - Customs brokerage / drayage / intermodal familiarity a plus ## Why this role - Real cross-border book to build — operations handles execution so you focus on selling - Uncapped commission on your personal production - Direct, low-bureaucracy operating culture - Immediate hire — no slow process ## Not a fit - Sellers without ocean **and** air international forwarding experience - Outside-the-vertical reps (domestic trucking only, general logistics, or non-freight transferees) - Farmers / account managers without a true new-logo closing track record
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