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)

The Senior Business Development Associate is responsible for new business acquisition, and onboarding of merchants.

He/She will be responsible for generating, qualifying, nurturing and closing potential leads for the various services that Ninja Van Singapore provides. During the onboarding period, the incumbent will also be expected to resolve all issues that may arise from client’s unfamiliarity of our services.

Responsibilities

• New Business Acquisition
• Schedule meetings with potential prospects to understand service requirements of clients
• Acquire new clients to increase country revenue
• Pitch operational requests to internal stakeholders to help meet clients’ requirements and SLAs
• Prepare sales proposals, presentation decks, profitability analysis and contract documents
• Compliance to sales process and legal compliance
• Educate clients on the basic requirements of Ninja Van’s service
• Lead Generation and Qualification
• Creatively seek and reach out to key decision makers of potential leads
• Respond to and qualify inbound leads in a timely manner
• Import and maintain data of leads in Salesforce CRM
• Ensure that clients’ business is a good fit for Ninja Van
• Account Management
• Build and maintain positive working relationships and strong rapport with accounts for high account retention and client satisfaction
• Identify ways to increase sales revenue and wallet shares with existing accounts
• Monitor and ensure promised delivery SLAs are met
• Stakeholder Management
• Collaborate with external and internal operations teams to ensure required resources and operational support is available to them and their team

Requirements

• 2 - 5 years of experience in a business development and client-facing role
• Diploma in any field or higher, Degree preferred
• Experienced in sales negotiation, analysing pricing strategies and solutioning
• Experience with end-to-end sales pipeline management and closing large, strategic deals
• Manage enquiries and complaints with tact and professionalism
• Good team player with ability to interact with all levels
• Proactive, curious and entrepreneurial
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite