BDM Freight Forwarding
Job Summary
We are seeking a Business Development Manager/Executive specializing in freight forwarding hunter sales to improve market position and drive financial growth. The role involves developing new businesses, managing shipments, identifying target customers, and building a strong sales pipeline. Candidates will collaborate with internal teams, source rates from carriers, and maintain relationships with subcontractors to achieve set KPIs.
Responsibilities
- Drive business development and achieve financial growth
- Identify and convert target customers into clients
- Source rates from carriers, hauliers, and worldwide agents
- Prepare sales planning, forecasting, and report activities
Required Skills
- 2-3 years hunter sales experience in freight forwarding
- Proven track record in business development
- Good networking with carriers and trucking companies
Job Details
Job scope:
- Improve company’s market position and achieve financial growth
- Meet and exceed objectives through the development of new businesses, coordination of Business Development shipments and existing business penetration
- Identify target customers, initiate own sales calls, pursue them and ultimately convert them into clients
- Working with Finance and Indoor Sales team on payment issues and follow up on payment with clients
- Build and maintain a pipeline of business
- General profit in line with set KPIs
- Prepare sales planning, and forecasting activities
- Sourcing of rates from carriers, hauliers, offices and worldwide agents
- Interact and maintain relationship with subcontractors like carriers, coleaders and trucking companies etc
- Maintain effective teamwork with members of the Indoor Sales, Business Development team and other functional teams
- Support the sales strategy set by the Head of Business Development in conjunction with the Management
- Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed
- Successfully work across teams (internal and external) to overcome challenges and achieve objectives
- To perform other duties and tasks as assigned
- Adhere to all company policies in areas of Compliance, HSSE&Q, Code of Business Conduct, Employee Handbook
- Reporting and documenting of all sales activities with company’s internal system
Requirements:
- Minimum 2-3 years of hunter sales / business development experience in freight forwarding industry
- Proven track record and good networking with carriers, coleaders and trucking companies etc