Outside Sales Representative

Job Description

Goals

The Outside Sales Representative is responsible for opportunity management and sales visits in coordination with Inside Sales and Manager Sales & Handling or Manager Sales. S/he performs structured sales visits and opportunity acquisition in coordination with Inside Sales.

Outside Sales and Inside Sales Representatives work together as a team to serve all customers of the specific market.

Tasks

Within the operational targets set by the Head of Sales & Handling (F/GC), the local Manager Sales & Handling (F/GC-G ) or local Manager Sales (F/GC-X ), the Outside Sales Representative performs the following duties:

Sales and Relationship Management

· Achieves sales budget targets for assigned accounts

· Creates rate offers, with and without guarantee of transportation

· Enters into transportation agreements with customers

· Identifies and manages opportunities with existing customers with the goal to negotiate new profitable business focused on long-term or regular business

· Acquires new customers and identifies new business with the help of LCAG sales tools and external sources of information

· Performs market and account analysis and develops action plans using customer relationship information and internal reports in cooperation with Inside Sales and Commercial Team

· Organizes and performs sales visits including presentations to customers with the aim to market the LCAG product and service portfolio and involves Inside Sales Representative as required

· Organizes customer events

· Maintains customer data and captures sales activities in the CRM tool

· Actively pushes the eChannel usage and promotes eAWB

· Manages capacity agreements such as LTCs in co-operation with Revenue Management as described in the Sales Rule Book

· (Re-)Negotiates special rate agreements and LTCs as per Sales Rule Book considering market developments and customer’s performance

· Develops and sells customer-oriented logistic solutions in collaboration with the Handling department and the Inside Sales Team

· Shares information about activities, offers, strengths and weaknesses of his customers with Commercial Manager, Inside Sales, Sales (&Handling) Manager and Key Account Management

· Actively supports the local customer segmentation process

Acts as “touch point” for Claims and Complaints and transfers them to Regional Customer Solutions Team (CST), respectively to the Claims departments and/or the accounting team following the process. Promotes the usage of eClaims/Complaints.

General

· Performs all other duties assigned or delegated by supervisors.

Job Requirement

Years required/specify:

2-3 years previous cargo experience, preferred sales experience or in a related area such as in the transport and logistics industry

Language: English