Business Development Manager - Singapore - CALIBER8 PTE. LTD.

Description

Our client is a leading freight forwarding/NVOCC across industries and looking to grow their project cargo desk in Singapore.

Purposes of the position

• A highly motivated individual with the relevant skill sets, capable of establishing and developing

relationships with customers, transporters/brokers, carriers and port operators etc.

• Spearhead the establishment and growth of freight forwarding desk for general cargo

• Procurements of rates from existing vendor network within organisation as well as own established

vendor network

• Provide business proposal to internal stakeholders to further support the growth of local freight

forwarding desk

Responsibilities

• Hunt for new clearing and forwarding related business focusing on import and export business locally

• Build new client base

• Achieve annual individual sales targets

• Formulate 6-12 month sales action plan in line with group commodity market segments

• Leverage from own network and further establish relationships with various partners not limited to associations, container carrier and network members globally

• Strong team player, able to work collaboratively with operational team members, whilst liaising and coordinating with vendors (ports operators, authorities, transporters etc.) and internal clients

• Communicate, share and collaborate with all overseas branches on leads generated to and from any locations

• Monthly commercial activity reporting in the form of a sales pipeline

• Work with direct Manager on all sales, business development and budgeting requirements

• Capabilities reaching into the rest of APAC

• Project cargo experience is an added advantage