Ep 25. Mary Ruth Young - AE For Freight Forwarding Logistics Company

This episode was so fun! I posted on TikTok that I needed more people to interview for the podcast and Mary Ruth volunteered! Mary Ruth is a sales rep for a freight forwarding company. She is on the road meeting with customers face to face, giving the customers rates and solutions for their supply chain and shipping issues.She shares what its like to be a sales person for international importing and exporting goods company. Other topics we cover:Fashion Merchandising background brought Mary Ruth to Freight Forwarding.Supply Chain and logistics is an industry that touches almost everything we do.There really are not many women in this industry which is why this message is so important to share with other women..There is a stereotype that this industry is very male dominated but there is a lot of space for women.She suggests this job to people because this industry is never going away and almost every metropolitan area has freight forwarding.Anyone can come in at the entry level to this and succeed and be promoted without any high level degree.Mary Ruth has succeeded financially in this career and it was so fun to learn her career path and excitement for this. Her confidence has grown because of this.Reach out to Mary Ruth Young for more information on LinkedIn below:https://www.linkedin.com/in/mary-ruth-young/