Sales Executive Freight
Job Summary
The Sales Executive position in freight forwarding focuses on improving the company's market position and driving financial growth through new business development and existing account penetration. Key responsibilities include sourcing rates from carriers, managing customer relationships, and collaborating with internal teams to achieve sales targets. Candidates are required to have 2-3 years of hunter sales experience specifically within the freight forwarding industry.
Responsibilities
- Develop new businesses and penetrate existing accounts
- Source rates from carriers, hauliers, and worldwide agents
- Build and maintain a business pipeline and meet KPIs
- Collaborate with Finance and Indoor Sales teams
Required Skills
- 2-3 years hunter sales experience in freight forwarding
- Networking with carriers and trucking companies
- Sales planning and forecasting
- Business development
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