Vacancy Details
Employer: Stonebridge HR Solutions
- Secondary Education: Matric (Grade 12)
- Tertiary Education: B Degree or relevant Post Graduate Qualification
- Years of experience required: At least 5 to 10 years Sales Experience in the International Freight Forwarding Industry.
- Specific experience required: Strong sales experience and ideally has worked in a business development role. Solid working knowledge of sales, business development and planning and management. Track record in International Freight Forwarding and Clearing.
- Level of computer literacy: Intermediate full MS Office, CRM capabilities and Cargo wise (CW) experience will be a plus
- Drivers license Code: Drivers License (Code 08)
Experience
- Highly motivated, sales orientated with experience in sales planning and execution.
- Extensive experience in the air and sea freight forwarding industry in sales at a senior level.
- In-depth knowledge of air- and sea forwarding processes, procedures, regulations and requirements.
- Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems
Competencies
Knowledge & Skills
- Energetic and innovative, coupled with a high tolerance for stress.
- Highly motivated, sales orientated with experience in sales planning and execution.
- Sales Prospecting skills along with the ability to identify target accounts.
- Ability to operate in different business environments and deal with related cultures.
- Strong negotiation and presentation skills, including professional demeanour and excellent written, verbal and cultural communication skills.
- Ability to build strong rapport, establish trust and credibility through a consultative approach while balancing assertive sales follow-up, without being overly
- Skilled in exercising diplomacy when resolving customer inquiries and problems.
- Integrity and ethical qualities of the highest standard.
- Excellent public speaker with strong presentation skills.
Key responsibilities of this role
- Generate personal new Forwarding sales to facilitate annual trade lane volumes growth as per company targets.
- Identify potential prospects, establish contact and develop customer relationships; target customers that can help increase market share.
- Coordinate Air & Ocean new business accounts secured by the FSM and develop sales leads and assess potential for business; maintain pipeline and manage inter-company opportunities.
- Define and quantify new Air & Ocean Forwarding targets in conjunction with BD Commercial, Trade Lane and our International partners.
- Act as liaison and communicate with foreign and domestic offices, department managers, upper management, and/or clients regarding quality service and related issues that affect our ability to meet the client’s requirements, supported by the Trade Lane Managers.
- Prepare Standard Operating Procedures / Forwarding Rate Proposals based on customer’s requirements, work with management team and operating staff to ensure quality and profitable service is delivered based on the customer’s SOP.
- Manage all communications in regards to your forwarding new business accounts, including effective and timely resolution of issues, problems or concerns with EMO/ Agent and BIL offices.
- Prepare monthly, quarterly and yearly reports that detail trade lane new Air & Ocean Forwarding business development & progress; analyse marketing conditions and sales projections.
- Ensure efficient feedback on new business Air & Ocean Forwarding sales leads received from Trade Lane and/or our international partners, updating of the global target accounts.
Please note only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. If you have not heard from us in 2 weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful.
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About Stonebridge HR Solutions
Since our inception, Stonebridge HR Solutions has been totally focused on building a strategic, quality search practice.
Stonebridge HR Solutions strives to source first class talent, delivering only the highest quality service to our candidates and clients. We are in the business to transform both organisations and careers. Through the wide range of recruitment and talent acquisition services we offer, we can help realize the full potential of our candidates and clients. We treasure the relationships that we build with our clients and our candidates because they are the key to our success and it is reinforced by the five values that drive our business strategy.
Integrity:
We pride ourselves on building ethical relationships with colleagues, clients
and candidates based on honesty, transparency and mutual trust.
Respect:
We treat everyone with consideration and fairness and we are always willing to
listen.
Responsibility:
We take full responsibility to uphold our commitments to our clients and
candidates to the best of our ability.
Commitment:
We are committed to deliver excellent services. We work together as a team and
share our knowledge to continuously improve our services.
And we do it all with Passion
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