Senior Sales Executive
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About the Role
DP World is hiring a Senior Sales Executive in Jeddah to drive commercial growth in logistics and freight forwarding. The role involves acquiring new customers, managing accounts, and developing sales pipelines.
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Responsibilities
- Identify and secure new business opportunities within logistics, freight forwarding, shipping, and transportation
- Manage and grow an assigned portfolio of customers by increasing revenue, shipment volume, and profitability
- Develop a strong sales pipeline through market mapping, prospecting, customer visits, and opportunity conversion
- Provide customers with suitable import, export, freight forwarding, and end to end logistics solutions
- Conduct market and competitor analysis to identify commercial opportunities, customer trends, and potential risks
- Work closely with Operations, Customer Service, Finance, and regional commercial teams to ensure smooth service delivery
- Prepare customized customer solutions, pricing proposals, presentations, and standard operating procedures
- Maintain accurate customer, pipeline, and sales activity records through the CRM system
- Conduct regular customer business reviews and resolve commercial or service related concerns
- Ensure pricing accuracy, healthy profit margins, and compliance with company policies and procedures
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Logistics, Supply Chain, or a related field
- Minimum of 5 years of sales experience, preferably in logistics, shipping, freight forwarding, or transportation
- Strong knowledge of import and export processes, customs procedures, shipping lines, and supply chain operations
- Experience using CRM systems, sales reporting tools, and Microsoft Office applications
- Strong communication, negotiation, presentation, and relationship management skills
- Commercially aware, results oriented, and capable of identifying and converting business opportunities
- Able to work effectively in a fast paced and target driven environment
- Strong organizational and time management skills
- Valid driving license (if applicable)
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Job Overview
- DP World is hiring a Senior Sales Executive – Logistics & Freight Forwarding in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
- The Senior Sales Executive will be responsible for driving commercial growth by acquiring new customers, developing existing accounts, and maintaining strong relationships within the assigned market segment.
Key Responsibilities
- Identify and secure new business opportunities within logistics, freight forwarding, shipping, and transportation.
- Manage and grow an assigned portfolio of customers by increasing revenue, shipment volume, and profitability.
- Develop a strong sales pipeline through market mapping, prospecting, customer visits, and opportunity conversion.
- Provide customers with suitable import, export, freight forwarding, and end to end logistics solutions.
- Conduct market and competitor analysis to identify commercial opportunities, customer trends, and potential risks.
- Work closely with Operations, Customer Service, Finance, and regional commercial teams to ensure smooth service delivery.
- Prepare customized customer solutions, pricing proposals, presentations, and standard operating procedures.
- Maintain accurate customer, pipeline, and sales activity records through the CRM system.
- Conduct regular customer business reviews and resolve commercial or service related concerns.
- Ensure pricing accuracy, healthy profit margins, and compliance with company policies and procedures.
Qualifications and Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Logistics, Supply Chain, or a related field.
- Minimum of 5 years of sales experience, preferably in logistics, shipping, freight forwarding, or transportation.
- Strong knowledge of import and export processes, customs procedures, shipping lines, and supply chain operations.
- Experience using CRM systems, sales reporting tools, and Microsoft Office applications.
- Strong communication, negotiation, presentation, and relationship management skills.
- Commercially aware, results oriented, and capable of identifying and converting business opportunities.
- Able to work effectively in a fast paced and target driven environment.
- Strong organizational and time management skills.
- Valid driving license (if applicable).
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