Executive Sales

Department: Sales

Location: Turkey

Experience required: 2 - 3 years

Group Company: SeaLead Denizcilik Anonim Sirketi

Designation: Executive Sales

Office Location: Mersin, Turkey

Position description: 

  • Canvassing cargoes for all trade lanes to achieve target liftings. 
  • Increasing SeaLead’s market presence. 
  • Maintaining existing clientele.  
  • Expanding existing relationships by presenting new solutions and services to clients. 
  • Developing new business opportunities; customers and revenue lines.  
  • Forecasting and allocations. 
  • Responsiveness to all quotations, trouble shooting and handling of enquiries from customers. 

Primary Responsibilities: 

  • To develop a strong business-building relationship with existing and new customer bases. 
  • Achieve close level of support with client through regular contact, regular visit and entertainment to secure business. 
  • Responsible for business development for allotted trade lanes. 
  • Develop new clientele through referrals, own and company network.  
  • To be fully accountable for meeting individual key performance indicators and targets.  
  • Achieve given TEU & Revenue target per vessel. 
  • Suggestions to improve the overall revenue and profitability of the assigned sector. 
  • Submit regular reports covering sales activities, performance and plans through CRM system. 
  • Preparing advance forecasts, collecting and reporting accurate market intelligence. 
  • Ensure strict credit control, payment collection and minimise outstanding. 
  • Close coordination with all departments to attend to customer’s complaints. To resolve issues and uphold our service commitment to customers. 
  • Ensure that customers know the whereabouts of their shipments.  
  • Willing to travel as needed. 

Additional Responsibilities:

Reporting Team

  • Reporting Designation: SL-TUR-MR-SA-SS-MNGR
  • Reporting Department: Sales

Educational qualifications preferred

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  • Degree: Degree in Business Administration, Sales, Marketing or qualified professional. 
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Required work experience

  • Industry: Shipping / Container Line
  • Role: Sales
  • Years of experience: At least 2-3 years

Key Performance Indicators:

Required Competencies:

  • Strong written & spoken English Skill. 
  • Good Communication and Interpersonal skill. 
  • Customer Orientated. 
  • Team Player. 
  • Self-driven with the passion to deal with people. 
  • Strong negotiation and networking skills.  
  • Able to work independently, with multitasking abilities, and able to take work pressure. 
  • Positive work attitude,  
  • Sales-focused with strong abilities to develop good customer relations and hit sales targets. 
  • Ability to perform under pressure. 

Required Knowledge: 

  • Strong MS Office software application, including Excel and Powerpoint. 
  • Proven track record in sales. 
  • Stable work history. 

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