Account Executive

Account Executive – Supply Chain & Logistics – Heathrow- £30,000 – £38,400

About the Company

Our client are one of the worlds largest multimodal freight forwarders, with sites across the globe. They are currently looking for an Account Executive, where you will be your customers’ primary contact responsible for managing and operating the shipment lifecycle of their global freight. This is a fantastic opportunity for anyone with 2+ years ‘experience within freight forwarding, looking for their next new and exciting challenge.

Account Executive – The Rewards

• Salary up to £38,400
• Great training and development opportunities
• Work part of a strong team of performance driven colleagues

Account Executive – Requirements

• 2-3 Years of operational industry experience within Global Freight Forwarding (Air & Ocean)
• Excellent English written and verbal communication skills, other European languages are beneficial
• Proven ability to create and coordinate comprehensive proposals
• Clear and confident communication skills at all levels
• Organized with excellent time management skills
• Some experience and affinity with sales/commercial activities
• Able to work with minimum supervision

Account Executive – Responsibilities

• Negotiate at a core level, manage pricing strategy through a clear understanding of customer buying habits and CHRs position within the customer’s supply chain
• Establish and maintain relationships with day to day, weekly and monthly contacts
• Keep informed of changes within the customer’s business, industry and sector through regular customer communication, applying this knowledge to identify new opportunities
• Create Account SOP’s as part of the defined ‘Implementation Process’ which the Account Management Team is responsible for
• Consistently ensure execution of business through local Branch procedures
• Build trusting relationships by ensuring quality execution against expectations and collaborating with internal partners to identify and resolve issues in a timely manner
• Create / Review internal account metrics on a regular basis (Bi-weekly)
• Partners with sales, operations and product/supply teams to ensure optimal implementation and execution through the use of SOPs, best in class business processes, and mutually agreed upon customer KPI’s
• Collaborates and actively communicates with partners on the sales and product/supply team regarding customer needs, issues and solutions in order to meet customer expectations

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