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Commercial Business Manager

Cape Winelands
Salary: Market Related
Job Type: Permanent
Sectors: Logistics
Reference: SW005683/JM

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Employer: Helderberg Personnel cc

My client, a transport and logistics company is seeking to employ a Commercial Business Manager with 5 years' experience in the transport industry. A relevant Degree in logistics, sales or business management essential.

Responsibilities

Focus on new business developments in level 1 and 2 required logistics services in Southern Africa
Building and maintaining relationships with new and existing clients/suppliers, including regular visits.
Strategic planning for business growth, setting goals and creating plans to achieve them.
Negotiating new contracts (Customers, suppliers).
Financial Management: Overseeing budgets, forecasts, and financial performance.
Operations Management: Supervising marketers’ compliance, risk mitigation and technology innovation
Reporting and Analysis: Providing regular reports to higher management or company executives on key performance metrics and overall business performance.
Understand the running cost of a vehicle to determine CPK’s.
Keep track of the monthly and yearly budgets.
Manage volume contracts allocated to the company
Understand the running cost of a vehicle to determine CPK’s.
Analyse commodity trends and adapt to market fluctuations.
Keep track of the daily and monthly budgets.
Adding new clients and transporters to existing book.
Strategic planning for business growth.

Skills

Ability to form and build customer relationships and provide excellent service.
Ability to negotiate and close sales.
Ability to work in and manage a team.
Analytical ability.
Prepared to solve problems after hours.
Prepared to travel.

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About Helderberg Personnel cc

Based in Somerset West, Helderberg Personnel was established in 1998. The company initially started doing placements in the Helderberg Basin and over the years expanded nationally. Our background has proved to be invaluable in providing a high standard of recruitment, screening, evaluation and placement of candidates.

Our Value proposition:
The true value proposition of the Helderberg Personnel brand is our commitment to attending to our clients’ needs, culture and values and to ensure that, through comprehensive interviews with candidates, the overall match is determined to ensure a long term relationship. The identity of the client remains confidential at all times. We understand that our function is to ensure that the candidate must become a strategic partner to a business instead of a mere employee. Helderberg Personnel has achieved a steady growth over the last years and we have evolved into one of the leading agencies in the region. We have made placements cross functional, cross industry and up to senior management level.