Maintain & Develop existing customer base by moving from product sales to solution sales supported by:
Global Sales Process Implementation, training & education and compliance
Improved utilisation of eService tools through training & education and compliance
Enforced commercial rules
Increased consistency of services and pricing
Concept sales development
Key Account Management
Orchestrate multi country opportunities
Support global RFQ’s
Provide quotations to customers, aligned with their freight management needs and in line with (CS) SOP, and industry policies and procedures in order to ensure compliance and increase revenue.
Contribute to the development of the departments’ Key Performance Indicators of auto rating and quoting efficiency.
Ensure ongoing communication and alignment between Operations and Business Development to ensure optimum profitability and compliance of billing accuracy.
Drives processes with EDI Core team and BPO as a Key User to minimise auto-rating issues.
Provide training and guidance to sales support executives to ensure EDI compliance and higher success closing opportunities.
Sales Support Team
Provide Support to the entire sales department with their client’s freight requests understanding their requirements with an objective to close and optimise our Profit and Loss.
Analyse sales opportunities and negotiate with procurement to improve hit rates.
Support Tender Management with Business Development, stakeholders and procurement to provide a competitive solution and offer.
Compliance with EDI and improve auto-rating Key Performance Indicators (KPI)
Increase our hit rate and market share
Support sales initiatives campaigns
Maintain a working folder of updated and competitive costs
Requirements
At least 5-10 year’s working experience, preferably in the Freight Forwarding industry
Pro-active, interested in and able to find solutions
Able to work within a team.
Hands-on attitude towards work.
Ability to translate customer needs into business supporting solutions
Ability to set, follow up and accomplish clear objectives
Ability to work independently as well as in a (virtual) team environment
A pragmatic approach to work and the ability to be flexible when needed
Communicative, able to create trustful relations in spite of cultural differences and geographical distance
Strong time and task management, able to plan, organise and handle multiple assignments
Well organized with interest to develop structures, methods and tools
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships