Chinese Business Development Manager

Company Description

“We’re not in the shipping business; we’re in the information business” -Peter Rose, Expeditors Founder

Global supply chain management is what we do, but at the heart of Expeditors you will find professionalism, leadership, and a friendly environment, all of which foster an innovative, customer service-based approach to logistics.

• 15,000 trained professionals
• 250+ locations worldwide
• Fortune 500
• Globally unified systems

Job Description

Job Purpose:

To implement winning business development strategies and enablers to achieve preset financial targets; to sustain productivity standards, market focus and share objectives; and to reach customer satisfaction and loyalty objectives for particular traffic segments i.e. China

Key Accountabilities:

• To provide sales support to achieve revenue targets and productivity standards.
• To perform quantitative and qualitative traffic analysis covering market trends, market characteristics, trade statistics and competitor activities.
• To implement customer segmentation strategies to identify respective customer characteristics and requirements, and to create Unique Value Propositions (UVPs).
• To proactively identify seasonal opportunities for business development.
• To devise effective and industry focused Lead Generation Programs.
• To drive program implementation across the sales organization through active involvement in joint sales activities.
• To closely work with operations and carriers to implement market attack strategies.
• To benchmark business performance with other Expeditors branches and competitors.
• To maintain an active prospect bank for continuous business growth.
• To travel overseas and solicit strategic sales activities.
• To create customer success stories and case studies to complement successful sales presentations.
• To take up additional assignments as required to meet with the Company needs.

Qualifications

• University Graduate or above in Business Administration or related fields.
• Minimum 5 years’ proven account management experience in global logistics with high customer focus.
• Action-oriented & excellent communication & presentation skills to look for the best practice solution through negotiation.
• Well-versed with the latest information technologies.
• Native speaker Chinese Language.