Roles & Responsibilities

1. Provide first level of support and customer service

2. Provide quality customer service to customers over the phone or email

3. Require to listen, probe to clarify and understand customer needs

4. Escalate problems or issues promptly and resolve customer

5. Resolve all customer complaints in an expedient manner. He/she will need to act as a liaison to expedite requests between customers and multiple production locations.

6. It is important to process sales orders or changes by effective collaboration with internal departments and communication with customers.

7. Work closely with Inside Sales

8. Industry/Organization Type: Logistics & Warehousing

9. Working Hours: 5 days, Mon-Fri,9:00 am-6:00 pm

10. Duration: Permanent Role

Key Responsibilities

1. Achieve growth and meet sales targets by effectively managing the sales team.

2. Design and implement a strategic business plan to expand the

company's customer base and ensure a strong market presence.

3. Develop a comprehensive business plan covering revenue and expense controls to manage organizational sales effectively.

4. Recruit, set objectives, coach, and monitor the performance of sales representatives.

5. Develop the sales team through motivation, counseling, and continuous education on service knowledge.

6. Build and foster strong, long-lasting customer relationships by partnering with clients and understanding their needs.

7. Present realistic budgets and forecasts to the management team.

8. ldentify emerging markets and market shifts while staying fully aware of new products and

competition status.

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1. Minimum Diploma/Degree in a relevant field.

2. Proven track record in "business-to-business" sales, with at least 3 years of experience as a Sales Manager int he transportation, logistics, or warehousing industry.

3. Competent in planning and implementing sales strategies

4. Demonstrated negotiation skills and the ability to close business wins.

5. Success in developing sales plans and analysing the profitability of prospects, coupled with analytical and numeracy skills to review operational and financial data

6. Proficient in customer relationship management, with the ability to develop strong business relationships at all levels, including senior executives

7. Effective leadership, management and motivation of a sales team.

Role Overview:

The Vertical Sales Manager role will be responsible for landing new vertical logos to Apex and/or extend the share of our service scope for specified clients. As part of the company business development strategic across APAC, South East Asiamarket plays essential role for high-tech vertical and brand names. The Vertical Sales Manager is expected to have solid customer portfolio and relationship, business understanding so to utilize Apex unique strength of different air/ocean products and add value to customer supply chain demand. The candidate who with relatively strong experience in freight forwarding including air and ocean, and with proven track record of driving revenue growth for High-techcustomers would be a good fit.

Key Responsibilities:

• Identify effective sales leads
• Actively participate high-tech events and know-how of South East Asia market
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop customized solutions that meet the unique needs of customers in the Asia Pacific market.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with existing customers, ensuring high levels of customer satisfaction and retention.
• Stay abreast of market trends, competitor activities, and regulatory changes to inform business strategy and decision-making.
• Sales discipline and activity management in CRM system

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, logistics, or a related field.
• Minimum of 5-6 years of experience in business development, with a focus on S.E.A/APAC region and freight forwarding.
• Proven track record of successfully driving revenue growth and achieving sales targets in the designated vertical.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders.
• Proficiency in English and additional language skills relevant to the Asia Pacific region preferred.

About the role

The incumbent will be leading a team and be part of a larger team within the IFF department in providing seamless and customer-focused solutions to support the achievement of business objectives.

What you will be doing

• Lead the Customer service team for Sea freight
• Liaise with customers on the standard operating procedures
• To meet up with clients on projects / special matters
• Prepare customer key performance index reports
• Promptly handle customers / team escalations
• To implement corrective actions and preventive measures for immediate service recovery
• To co-ordinate with Ocean carriers for bookings / uplift upon escalation from team
• Attend to freight management and rates negotiation
• Provide quotes / rates to COD customer or overseas offices
• Liaise with overseas agents on the various requirements and rates
• Review the profit & loss of product desk
• Analyse job file purchasing and raise concern to Pricing team
• Review & approve changes of work processes before escalation to Head of Sea Freight
• Conduct recruitment exercise for officer / executive position when needed
• Provide related training concerning the BU to new staff assign to the team
• Joint sales visit to resolved operations issue when necessary

Team Management

• Ensure and monitor team compliance to the Bollore’s Code of Conduct and Company’s regulations
• Ensure team understanding and implementation on Bollore’s Value in daily work behaviors
• Plan and monitor team performance including give coaching and counselling needed to deliver expected outcomes
• Plan and monitor team development together with HR Division
• Ensure updated Job Description availability for the team by coordinating with HR Division
• Ensure all changes in Department / Section communicated properly to the team

The successful candidate

• Diploma / Degree preferred
• Minimum 8 years of experience in freight forwarding with sea freight experiences
• Previous customer service experience is an added advantage
• Possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Pleasant personality and a good team player
• Proficient in MS Office & ability to work independently
• DGR trained will be an advantage
• Location: 101 Alps Ave Singapore 498793 (Designated transport Pasir Ris, Ang Mo Kio, Tanah Merah, Tampines, Admiratly, Yishun and Sengkang)