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Kuehne+Nagel National Sea Logistics Route Development Expert in Torrance, California
Are you thinking about advancing your career with one of the most successful logistics organizations worldwide? Here at Kuehne+Nagel, our Torrance, CA location is looking for a new National Sea Logistics Route Development Expert to join our sea logistics sales team.
Your Role
In this prominent, client-centric position, you will be instrumental in driving our global market expansion and ensuring the satisfaction of our customers. Your primary focus will be identifying opportunities and devising strategies to secure contracts with companies in our west region that are seeking freight forwarding solutions. You will be reporting directly to the Director of Sea Freight Business Development, with occasional global travel requirements.
Your Responsibilities
Collaborate with team members globally to develop business intelligence for sales opportunities
Be a Subject Matter Expert for the Trans-Atlantic Northern Europe trade lane for external customers and internal partners
Work with Operations and Customer Solutions to ensure new customer onboarding runs smoothly
Identify prospective target customers using the data in the customer relationship management system, and internal sales leads
Develop client sales strategies with Kuehne+Nagel marketing materials
Meet sales goals, provide sales pipelines, and keep management up to date on market conditions
Your Skills and Experiences
3+ years of experience in supply chain/freight forwarding with trade lane experience
Sea Logistics sales experience
Experience identifying and closing customers with current book of business
Experience working across multiple cultures and building relationships internationally
Availability for travel 40% of the time.
Must have German language proficiency
Good Reasons to Join
At Kuehne+Nagel we strive daily to inspire, empower, and deliver not only to our customers, but also to our colleagues. We offer a dynamic global work environment with opportunities for excellent training programs and career mobility. The target salary range for this position is between $92,000.00 and $118,000.00. Base salary is part of a competitive total rewards package that includes health and welfare benefits, a 401k retirement savings plan, tuition reimbursement, and incentive compensation for eligible roles. Individual pay may vary from the target range and is determined by a number of factors including experience, skills, job location, internal pay equity, and other relevant business.
NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES
Please note that Kuehne+Nagel does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Recruitment Fee Agreement, KN will not consider or agree to payment of any referral compensation or recruiter fee. In the event a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without a previously signed agreement, KN explicitly reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Kuehne+Nagel.
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