District Sales Executive
- Taiwan
- On-site
- Entry Level
- Posted
Manage an assigned territory and demonstrate extensive knowledge of potential customers and competitors in this area.
About Expeditors
- Expeditors is a global logistics company headquartered in Seattle, Washington.
- As a Fortune 500 (408) company, we employ over 16,500 trained professionals in a worldwide network of over 320 locations across six continents.
- Expeditors is focused on the increasingly sophisticated needs of international trade through customized solutions and seamless, integrated information systems.
- Our services include air and ocean freight consolidation and forwarding, vendor consolidation, customs clearance, cargo insurance, distribution and other value-added logistics services.
- We pride ourselves on being a solutions-based organization that takes the time to understand each customer's individual business needs.
- As a non-asset based organization, we have considerable flexibility when managing customers' supply chains.
- Our relationships with local suppliers and global air and ocean partners provides our customers with the best routing and pricing options.
- Expeditors' comprehensive, flexible spectrum of services is supported by leading-edge information technology providing the highest level of end to end visibility.
- To maintain consistent quality and customer service across the globe, Expeditors has regional headquarters located in London, Dubai, Shanghai and Singapore.
- At Expeditors, our industry professionals, award winning processes and globally unified systems ensure that we always live up to our promise, "You'd be surprised how far we'll go for you".
Responsibilities
- Timely data entry in our Customer Relationship Management tool Orchestrate customer / branch relationships and collaborate with regional Product, Service, Geo, and Knowledge Management resources.
- Participate in the creation of value-added solutions for customer's logistics needs, including supporting diagrams and cost-benefit calculations.
- Support the transition of new accounts through customer introductions, information transfer, and securing any necessary customer paperwork..
- When needed, support AR(accounts receivable) collection.
- Attend training & development sessions to continue developing selling skills and updating Expeditors Product and Service knowledge.
- Involvement in local trade groups, as directed by the District Sales Manager.
- Take on additional assignments as required, supporting company needs.
- Influence others to action
- Timeliness and accountability for results
Requirements
- The ability to meet with customers off-site on a regular basis
- Oral and written proficiency in the English language
Strong problem solving, organizational, and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work productively both individually and in a team environment
- Sense of urgency for goal achievement Self-motivated with ability to work in a fast-paced and constantly changing environment
- Comfortable with regular data entry on a laptop computer
- Strong rapport and relationship-building focused
- Empowered to make quick decisions in response to changing conditions
Extroverted, confident, enthusiastic and persuasive
- Educated to Bachelor degree or above.
- With 2 years relevant experience in shipping or freight forwarding industry is preferable, but not a must.
- Good command of English and Mandarin.
- Good at Excel, PowerPoint and Word.
- Effective interpersonal skills, including proven abilities to listen, comprehend, effectively communicate clearly and concisely to obtain positive results. Pro-active, strong organizational skills. Good Microsoft Office skills Fluent in operational English, both oral and written
