Job Title: Inside Sales & Pricing Specialist
Location: Northwest
Salary: DOE + Bonus scheme
General Summary
Focus on development of own accounts primary area sea freight FCL / LCL, imports and exports.
Candidate can also freely develop any other areas of the forwarding business, sea / air / road / warehouse.
Assist the team with pricing enquiries, for sea freight only.
Drive forward business opportunities, and increase company volume and profile
Responsible for the day-to-day self-performance, including delivering new accounts, co-ordinating with carriers, and assisting BDM team with enquiries.
Ensure accurate and timely quoting, and follow up
Keep own performance record and show development progress when required.
Key Responsibilities
* Achieve profitable growth
* Show flexibility, adaptability, and willingness to embrace the challenge
* Build relationships across the board, colleagues, suppliers, customers
* Take decisive action when necessary
* Focus on targets to achieve growth.
* Understand market conditions, and ensure this is communicated to the operational team, and BDM’s
* Build client confidence
* Explores customer opportunities to provide new value to the client
* Ability to understand cost and profit drivers
* Apply financial, and risk management to evaluate commercial opportunities
* Ensure balance of risk / reward
Key Skills
* Freight / industry knowledge
* Ability to provide reports using various software
* Good communications skills
* Ability to analyse, change, and adapt & willingness to learn new things
* Ability to work in a team environment and work to given timeframes/deadlines
* Motivate self to obtain best results
* Knowledge of excel & word documents
* Sales experience ESSENTIAL!!!
* Commercial acumen, and swift decision maker
Package
Salary DOE + bonus scheme
Flexible / hybrid working
23 days holiday + BH
Pension
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