Direct Transport Sales - Air Lead
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About the Role
Maersk is looking for an Air Lead to manage an airfreight trade lane, acquire new customers, and support local sales targets. The role requires air freight expertise, commercial skills, and UAE market experience.
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Responsibilities
- Acquire new airfreight customers relevant to the specific trade lane
- Support local sales community to expand portfolio with existing customer base with lane expertise
- Plan and perform regular sales visits to develop business on the trade lane
- Maintain an overview of the customers business within the tradelane
- Identify and win opportunities relevant to Airfreight product direction setting
- Continuously monitor the trade lane performance and identify major competitors
- Provide management with trade lane reports, competitor activity/wins and statistics/measures
- Work with Capacity/Campaign Manager to formalize commercial plans and ensure maximization of assets
- Actively monitor local NPS across customer portfolio and drive local initiatives to improve customer satisfaction
Requirements
- Air Freight expertise
- Commercial skills
- Sales and negotiation skills
- UAE Market Experience is mandatory
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Overview
- To manage an airfreight trade lane between two geographies in accordance with agreed upon air freight lane. In addition, support local sales targets and develop local business relationship for new customers relevant to the trade lane community to grow the trade lane with the existing customer base.
Responsible for
- Acquire new airfreight customers relevant to the specific trade lane
- Support local sales community to expand portfolio with existing customer base with lane expertise
- Plan and perform regular sales visits to develop business on the trade lane.
- Maintain an overview of the customers business within the tradelane
- Identify and win opportunities relevant to Airfreight product direction setting
- Continuously monitor the trade lane performance and identify the major competitors on the trade lane.
- Provide management with trade lane reports, competitor activity/wins and statistics/measures on volumes/revenues, statistics of shipments, etc. Responsible for market intelligence.
- Work with the Capacity / Campaign Manager function to formalize the commercial plans and ensure maximization of assets
- Actively monitor local NPS across customer portfolio and drive local initiatives to improve customer satisfaction
Critical competencies
- Air Freight expertise
- Commercial skills
- Sales
- Negotiation
- UAE Market Experience Is Mandatory.
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