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Regional Sales Manager, Cross Border (Ninja Freight)

Johor, Malaysia (On-site)

Regional Sales Manager, Cross Border (Ninja Freight)

2 Months ago • 3-5 Years • Business Development

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Job Description

Ninja Freight seeks a Regional Sales Manager with 3-5 years of experience in supply chain, freight forwarding, consolidation, or international trading. Ideal candidate has an existing freight forwarding client base and strong project management skills. Must be proficient in leading teams and generating revenue.

Must have:

Freight Forwarding
Supply Chain
Business Development
Project Management

Good to have:

SEA Cross Border
Existing Client Base
Lead Generation
Negotiation Skills

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Ninja Van is a tech-enabled logistics company on a mission to provide hassle-free delivery services for businesses of all sizes across Southeast Asia. Launched in 2014, we started operations in Singapore and have become the region's largest and fastest growing last-mile logistics company, partnering with over 35,000 merchants and delivering more than 1,000 parcels every minute across six countries.

At our core, we are a technology company that is disrupting a massive industry with cutting-edge software and operational concepts. Powered by algorithm-based optimisation, dynamic routing, end-to-end tracking and a data-driven approach, we provide best-of-class delivery services that delight both the shippers and end customers. But we are just getting started! We have much room for improvement and many ideas that will further shape the industry.

Ninja Freight exists to assist the organization achieve its Revenue and Diversification by providing Cross Border non-ecommerce logistics services to Southeast Asian Businesses.

The Ninja Freight Sales Manager leads Business Development efforts in Malaysia for Ninja freight and reports into Regional Senior Manager, Ninja Freight.

This role is a hunter role and requires incumbent to have ability to cold call, and find leads effectively. The incumbent is also expected to eventually lead a team of Sales Associates who will collectively acquire and service customers.

Ninja Freight is a new revenue stream for Cross Border and the incumbent is expected to be a self-starter and take charge of growing Ninja freight’s sales revenues, by selling international sea freight and air freight solutions to clients based in Malaysia. The hired candidate is expected to have existing network of clients who require freight forwarding services and have resources to look for new customers.

Our primary customers are SMEs trade/retail/wholesale businesses, focusing on export lanes from Malaysia to rest of the world.

Responsibilities

Identify and suggest go-to market strategy and client segments suitable for Ninja’s B2B business
Give subject matter expertise and guidance to the B2B Sales team on acquisition and lead generation strategies
Work with Ninja’s country teams to value extract B2B volume opportunities and cross sell B2B solutions to our existing client base
Take the lead on responding to RFQs and Tenders from high vale/ key clients
Prepare sales pitches and materials for business presentations and proposals leading to sales closure
Expand the relationships with existing customers by continuously proposing solutions that meet their objectives
Accompany salespersons to client meetings to assist in successfully closing and converting leads
Drive results by engaging with Cross Border team to achieve revenue targets
Provide constant inputs to internal stakeholders on improving business processes, products and pricing decisions, through feedback received from clients
Liaise with local country teams, ops team, XB country ops, biz ops, finance ops, and opex team to ensure client’s business requirements are adequately fulfilled
Be accountable for achieving assigned both individual team B2B revenue targets
Assist in designing commission schemes for the sales team to reward positive sales behavior
Ensure daily updates are input by salesperson in CRM System on customer visits & sales pipeline progress
Identify and assess training and development needs for the team
Report progress of sales pipeline and leads to senior management and suggest commercial and operational improvements to maximize revenue growth

Requirements

Minimally a bachelors' degree in any field, with 3-5 years experience in supply chain, freight forwarding, consolidation or international trading
The ideal candidate would preferably be currently in a Business development role with an existing freight forwarding client base
Good grasp and understanding of SEA’s B2B cross border landscape and client segments
Strong project management skills paired with proactive behaviour to stay on top of multiple deadlines and achieve aggressive revenue targets
Ability to direct and guide a team to achieve collective revenue targets
Exposure to working across geographies, teams and individuals of different cultures
Able to influence and negotiate with others using active listening and persuasion skills
Possess a positive attitude when dealing with complicated, trouble shipper issues
Able to communicate clearly, both orally and in writing

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