Sales Manager (Native Japanese)
Japan listed company - Logistics and Transportation
Full Time
Selangor
Posted 10 months ago
Company Business Nature:
A Japanese company (Listed in Japan) that established more than 40 years in Malaysia as a significant player in the logistics and transportation industry. With a global network of more than 20 regions, and is one of the largest door-to-door delivery service provider in the land.
Location: Klang Valley
Working Days/Hours: Monday – Friday, 8 hours per day
Key Responsibilities:
- Establish and develop new business opportunities with potential customers in the assigned territory and with assigned/named targets: A, B, C segment customers (profitable type of targets).
- Work out volume projection on and long/short term action plan to achieve target.
- Monitor market trends and identify new business development opportunities to support revenue growth.
- To devise Sales & Marketing Strategies. Plan business strategies to meet the customers’ business objectives.
- Monitor market conditions for internal product development.
- Plan and manage logistics operations liaising with internal stakeholders, suppliers, logistics providers, transportation companies and customers.
- Deliver solutions to logistics challenges while maintaining high levels of quality and service within budgetary requirements.
- Negotiate rates and contracts with transportation and logistics providers.
- Provide client and target information, maintenance of Customer Relationship Management System (CRM).
- Collaborate closely with internal sales resources / experts: IV Account Managers, Trade-lane Manager, and product teams to maximize closing ratio.
- Assure successful client integration: implementation collaboration with operation teams. Ensure proper knowledge of company’s products at all the time by attending and competing all trainings offered and available.
Qualifications:
- Good understanding of company’s service offering and pricing policy.
- Local market knowledge (customers, competitors, suppliers).
- Expertise and professionalism in customer contacts, understanding of customer requirements, analysis and resolution of problems and complaints.
- Customer and sales-oriented with strong interpersonal, presentation, communication, writing skills and has the ability to work collaboratively with both internal and external stakeholders.
- Ability to interpret and use internal or external data provided to speak to customer needs and communicate business insights. You are the customer’s source of industry knowledge.
- Lead bid opportunities.
- Functional experience in logistics relevant industry.
- At least 5 years working experiences in Forwarding (Air, Sea, Warehouse, Cross Border Trucking, Domestics Trucking etc..).
- High competency with MS Office (Word, Excel & PowerPoint).
Salary: Up to RM12,000 (negotiable, based on experience)
Interview: 2 round of F2F interview
Team Size: Around 10 people
Report to: Head of Sales