Business Development Executive - Clearing and Forwarding at Workforce Africa

Main Objectives of this position: 

• Ensure the highest level of quality when interacting with our customers, be customer-oriented and create value for customers as well as the company. 
• Develop a portfolio of small to medium size customers 
• Promote all digital products for the company to customers. Responsibilities 
• Prepare calls, conduct calls, report and follow-up on calls 
• Evaluate customer potential (Forecast/Budget) and conduct MR Sales Planning where appropriate. 
• Selectively engage with TM when relevant. 
• Preparing rate quotations, filtering of rate request to ensure cargo identified and quoted is align to company strategy and to optimize vessel utilization on volume and profitability. 
• Give feedback on the market including rates, competition activities, market conditions etc to all relevant stakeholders. 
• Follow-up on customer business, quotations, freetime and pricing approval requests. 
• Ensure timely completion of administrative tasks such as RA fling, FMC filing, handover to CS, etc 

Qualifications 

• University degree or equivalent 
• Very good command of written and spoken English 
• Working knowledge of MS Office 
• Able to work well with others and follow guidelines 
• Positive attitude 
• Receptive and the ability to grasp new ideas and motivate oneself for personal development.