NAM East Sales Account Executive – Outside Sales Executive – Maersk Line – Miramar

We are looking for an Outside Sales to join our North America team. This position will be based in the East Coast of North America.

We offer
As the leading ocean transportation carrier in the world, we offer you exciting career opportunities with an international reach to further expand your experience through our diversity-focused and award winning talent development initiatives. Our competitive compensation and benefits package for full-time employees includes health, dental and vision insurance, 401k savings plan with an employer match and paid time-off. Our parental leave policy is recognized world-wide as one of the best in the industry and we continue to look for new ways to invest in our talent through ongoing personal and professional development initiatives. Lastly, as one of the cornerstones of our values, we strive to deliver the right environment for the right people while fostering a culture of fairness, mutual respect, responsibility, and care for our business and our custom

Key responsibilities
Manage assigned customer and budget base; pursue and secure business in line with corporate/regional objectives.
Ensure retention of all Latin America customers transitioning to SeaLand. Work in partnership with Maersk colleagues through this process to allow for fluidity and ease to customer.
Deliver consistent revenue and volume improvement of your territory to allow for long term market share growth. * Strive for consultative sales to distinguish market presence by effectively probing / identifying needs and suggesting solutions to help customers.
Build a good understanding of target customers/assigned account base (contact, commodities/ trade lanes, type of business, contract information/exceptions, and service requirements).
Provide personalized service and build relationships with customers, identify current and future customer requirements.
Establish internal network in North America and globally to facilitate resolution of customer issues.
Build understanding of all service offerings to be able to offer integrated solutions.
Communicate significant trends, rate changes and policies to assigned account.
Research and understand territory to identify and establish business contacts with potential customers
Respond to all sales leads/key correspondence within identified timelines.
Research and analyze competitive and industry trends (e.g. analyze sales statistics, prepare reports, study literature regarding new and existing services, and monitor sales, prices and services of competitors); recommend appropriate measures.
Develop customer value propositions through the help of Sales Essential model, for all appropriate business opportunities.
Liaise regularly with Customer Service to ensure end to end fluidity of service delivery for your customer base.
Utilize persuasive selling strategies in producing fact based customer value propositions.
Attend trade shows and industry related association functions to help further promote SeaLand brand awareness in market.
Provide regular market feedback and trends to Management, Trade and Marketing.
Ensure Customer Relationship Management tool (e.g. Salesforce.com) is updated and used regularly with leads, targets, opportunities and related client information.

We are looking for
Soft skills:
Strong analytical ability, good judgment and strong commercial focus
The ability to understand and to negotiate contracts, understanding the benefits and risks of various contractual arrangements.
Exceptional verbal, presentation and written communication skills
A well organized and self-directed individual with ability to meet deadlines.
Excellent conflict resolution and negotiation skills, strong cultural awareness.

Requirements:
Bachelor’s degree.
3 to 5 years of experience in the transportation industry including at least 3 years of experience in sales within the container shipping or logistics industries.
Proven sales background and success
Strong understanding of global operations of transportation industry
Preferred
Experience specifically in the Latin America trades is preferred.
Strong working knowledge of MS Office Products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook), ability to quickly adapt to new systems.

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