[ For Sales & Business Development Leaders ]

You’re good at this. Imagine what you could do with a better platform.

Darius & Company works exclusively with freight forwarding sales and business development professionals — connecting producers, branch leaders and vertical specialists to the compensation, pricing support and career paths most never hear about.

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[ a ] What changes when you move

Three outcomes we get paid to deliver

You are not applying for a job. You are deciding whether another platform pays you more for the same freight, with support that makes the next book easier to build.

Outcome 01

Your book, repriced at market

We benchmark your GP against live mandates before your name goes anywhere, so the opening number reflects what your freight actually earns — not what your current plan capped it at.

Ten percent from dollar one, no tiers and no thresholds, exists at more than one of our clients.

Outcome 02

A platform that lets you sell again

Pricing desks that quote back in hours, operations that keep the account after you win it, and lanes the company genuinely wants. We vet the platform behind the seat, not just the title.

Some clients run twenty-plus pricing specialists whose only job is making you competitive.

Outcome 03

A ladder, not a lateral

Vertical ownership, branch leadership, regional management. We only run mandates where a producer can move up without leaving the building.

Sales managers who join the call and help you close — we ask that question before we present a role.

$500K — $5M+

Annual GP produced by the producers we represent

38 forwarders

Active client roster, global carriers to niche houses

1 business day

Typical reply to a confidential note

Zero fee

Producers never pay — the hiring company does

[ b ] Inside knowledge

We know this industry from the inside

Not logistics broadly. Not transportation generally. Freight forwarding specifically — the trade lanes, the carriers, the verticals, the pricing dynamics and the sales cultures.

We know which companies pay ten percent from dollar one with zero thresholds. Which have twenty pricing specialists whose entire job is making sure you win on price. Which are backed by Silicon Valley venture capital and Wall Street private equity, and offer stock options with real upside. Which sales managers will show up on the call with you and help you close — and which will leave you to figure it out alone.

We know which forwarders own their own aircraft and have the best air pricing out of Asia. Which NVOCCs own ships and control their own ocean pricing. Which houses dominate consolidations to and from Latin America.

And we know what you are worth. Not what your company told you — what the market will actually pay for your trade lanes, your vertical knowledge, your book and your years of closing.

[ c ] The companies we represent

There is something here for every kind of producer

01

The big names that open doors

FedEx. DHL. Maersk. GEODIS. Kuehne+Nagel. Names that get you in the room before you say a word — global infrastructure, brokerage in every port, and capability that makes a complex sale simple.

02

The venture and private-equity funded disruptors

Some with two billion in investment and nine acquisitions already behind them. Some offering stock options with genuine upside. Built to dominate the next decade — and hiring right now.

03

The commission-first, no-threshold payers

Ten percent from dollar one. No tiers, no thresholds, no clawbacks. Backed by twenty or more pricing specialists whose entire job is to make sure you quote better than the competition.

04

The flat organizations built for closers

No layers. No committees. The owner picks up the phone, the decision is made in a day, and producers are rewarded immediately.

05

The career ladders that actually go somewhere

Sales managers who show up on calls and help you close. Top producers who move into management, regional leadership or vertical ownership without ever leaving.

And the niches nobody talks about

Concert and touring logistics. Film and entertainment freight. Expedited overnight specialists who own their own fleet. Government and defense-adjacent work. Asian specialists who know every trick on China, Vietnam, Thailand, Japan and Korea.

[ d ] Verticals we place into
01

Rock & Roll / Concert Logistics

Touring productions, festival gear, deadlines that cannot move.

02

Asia Trade-Lane Specialists

China, Vietnam, Thailand, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, India.

03

LATAM Consolidation

Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Peru. Cross-border and nearshore.

04

Expedited Fleet Sales

Overnight specialists who own their trucks and own their lane.

05

European Lane Depth

Antwerp, Hamburg, Rotterdam, Barcelona, Genoa.

06

Pharma, Automotive & Government

Cold chain, precision supply chains, defense-adjacent freight.

[ e ] Who we work with
  • Freight forwarding sales professionals with a track record of production
  • Business development executives who know how to build a book
  • Branch managers ready to move up — or move on
  • Salespeople with deep vertical expertise: Asia, Europe, LATAM, entertainment, automotive, pharma, government
  • Anyone producing $500K to $5M+ in GP who wants to know if they are in the right place
[ f ] Currently in market

Senior Elite Team Ocean Sales

Anywhere USA

$160,000 — $240,000

Air Freight Business Development Executive

Chicago / Atlanta / Dallas

$130,000 — $190,000

Vertical Lead — Entertainment & Touring Logistics

Los Angeles / Nashville

$150,000 — $220,000

All open assignments
[ g ] In their words

Anonymized, because discretion is the whole point

Producers we have represented. Names and employers withheld by design — the book size, lane and outcome are exactly as reported.

41 days

Median time from first confidential call to signed offer

+22%

Typical improvement in total compensation at placement

3 : 1

Interviews to offers for producers we represent

90%+

Book portability when the platform is matched properly

My name never moved until I said so. When it did, it went to one company that actually fit — and the comp was well above what I had.
Air & ocean producer, $2.1M GP
US Midwest — identity withheld
Base +28%, uncapped plan
I finally understood what my book was worth before I ever took a call. That changed the whole negotiation.
Customs brokerage and expedited producer
US Northeast — identity withheld
Two offers in five weeks
The pricing desk answers in an hour instead of a day. Same freight, same accounts, twice the win rate.
Regional sales leader, transpacific lanes
US West Coast — identity withheld
Book retained at 92%
No resume in circulation, no calls to my employer. It was the only search I could run while still producing.
Project cargo and heavy lift producer
US Gulf Coast — identity withheld
Placed in 41 days
[ h ] Talk to Darius

One call, and you will know what your book is worth

Tell me your lanes, your verticals and roughly what you produce. You get a straight market read on compensation and platform — whether or not you ever move.

Darius@dariusandcompany.com
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