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Forwarding Sales Manager

3 months ago


Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa OLP Full time

Job Position:
Forwarding Sales Manager

Location:
Johannesburg

Salary:
R per annum CTC negotiable commensurate with experience and qualification

Qualifications / Requirements:

  • Matric (Grade 12)
  • B Degree or relevant Post Graduate Qualification
  • 5 to 10 years sales experience in the international freight forwarding industry
  • 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
  • Intermediate full MS Office, CRM capabilities and Cargo wise (CW) experience will be a plus
  • Valid Drivers License (Code 08)
  • 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
  • Indepth 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
  • Knowledge and 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 followup, 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 Performance Areas:

  • 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 and ocean new business accounts secured and develop sales leads and assess potential for business; maintain pipeline and manage intercompany opportunities
  • Define and quantify new air and ocean forwarding targets in conjunction with Business Development 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 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
  • Prepare monthly, quarterly and yearly reports that detail trade lane new Air and Ocean Forwarding business development and progress; analyse marketing conditions and sales projections
  • Ensure efficient feedback on new business air and ocean forwarding sales leads received from Trade Lane and/or international partners, updating of the global target accounts
  • Define and quantify a dynamic and ambitious pipeline of target customers, supported by Trade Lane based on strategic focus countries
  • Engagement with key focus countries pertaining to new business Air and Ocean opportunities and provide regular feedback, supported by Trade Lane
  • Secure new forwarding business Air and Ocean freight
  • Participation in Trade Lane monthly meetings with strategic focus countries and provide feedback on new business Air and Ocean Forwarding opportunities, market intelligence, etc
  • Increase forwarding volumes per set countries, where we are busy with route and trade development between these countries
  • Manage individual company target
  • Manage and ensure account profitability in conjunction with Trade Lane Management.
  • Manage possible write off's
  • Maximise profits

Pay:
Up to R800 000,00 per year

Education:

  • Bachelors (preferred)

Experience:

- sales in international freight forwarding industry: 5 years (preferred)
- a business development role: 4 years (preferred)
- international freight forwarding and clearing: 4 years (preferred)

  • CRM capabilities and Cargo wise (CW): 3 years (preferred)
- air and sea freight forwarding industry: 3 years (preferred)
- knowledge of air
- and sea forwarding processes: 3 years (preferred)

License/Certification:
- valid drivers license (preferred)