Description/Function:

• Actively seeks out and develops new customers. Must be able to acquire at least two new accounts per month that result in repetitive business.
• Provides consistent interaction with existing customers.
• Manages sales territory coverage to ensure level of customer contact required to support the business plan.
• Maintains and builds account relationships.
• Ensures company products, services, rates, pertinent policies and operational changes are communicated to customers on a timely basis.
• Assists in obtaining credit information and performing collection activities as required.
• Obtains and communicates information about competitive services, products and pricing to supervisor and Marketing Director.
• Represents the Company at industry trade shows and conferences.
• Maintains all information about customers, including all contact information and call reports, accurately and timely in the Sales Data Base program.
• Other duties as assigned by management.
• Adhere to and meet all required sales metrics

Qualifications:

• Bachelor degree in Business or Marketing.
• Minimum 3 years of related experience and/or 7 years minimum experience in a related field with a proven track record.
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in freight forwarding operational skills.
• Ability to read, analyze and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures or government regulations.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence and procedure manuals.
• Must possess strong interpersonal skills.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers and the general public.
• Consistently follows Company policies and procedures (including governmental and safety), and departmental Standard Operating Procedures.
• Proven history of achieving quarterly sales targets.
• Develops and gives formal business presentations to all identified accounts.
• Prepares weekly sales plan.
• Assures that all assigned customer accounts receive frequency of visits according to account classification.
• Candidate must possess strong mathematical skills and ability to understanding basic costing for all freight forwarding products including air/ocean/domestic trucking/import and export.
• Candidate must possess proficient computer skills in all MS Office programs
• Must be a self-starter and highly motivated.