Sales Executive Freight Forwarding
Job Summary
We are seeking a dynamic Sales Executive specializing in freight forwarding to improve the company's market position and achieve financial growth. The role involves developing new businesses, managing existing client relationships, and sourcing rates from worldwide carriers and agents. Candidates should have at least 2 to 3 years of relevant hunter sales and business development experience in the industry.
Responsibilities
- Develop new business and penetrate existing accounts
- Source rates from carriers, hauliers, and worldwide agents
- Prepare sales planning, forecasting, and reporting
- Coordinate shipments and manage client relationships
Required Skills
- 2-3 years hunter sales / business development in freight forwarding
- Good networking with carriers and trucking companies
- Strong communication and teamwork skills
Job Details
5 days, 9am- 5.30pm
Address: (Fort Canning)
Salary: up to $5500 depends on experience + Commission, Basic salary can nego if good experience
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