About this role
Engage with customers to identify and pursue new business opportunities, grow and strengthen customer relationships, and drive revenue. Collaborate with internal teams, sales colleagues, and key stakeholders to expand sales opportunities and maximize organizational growth.
Responsibilities
Ensure the highest level of quality when interacting with our customers, be customer-oriented and create value for customers as well as for Hapag-Lloyd
Develop a portfolio of small to medium size customers
Prepare calls, conduct calls, add opportunities pipeline, report and follow-up on calls “Maintained in Sales Force”.
Evaluate customer potential (Forecast/Budget) and conduct Customer Sales Planning where appropriate
Continuously improve the customer portfolio by securing new accounts and developing
underperforming accounts.
Promote and secure carrier haulage volumes.
Selectively engage with trade mangers when relevant.
Preparing rate quotations, filtering of rate request to ensure cargo identified and quoted is align to company strategy and to optimize vessel utilization on volume and profitability.
Give feedback on the market including rates, competition activities, market conditions etc to all relevant stakeholders.
Follow-up on customer business, quotations, free time and pricing approval requests.
Timely completion of administrative tasks such as RA fling, FMC filing, handover to CS, etc.
Timely clearing and maintaining unrated shipments, Exceptions and quotes.
Promote all digital products for Hapag-Lloyd to our customers.
Qualifications
University degree or equivalent
Very good command of written and spoken English
Working knowledge of MS Office
Able to work well with others and follow guidelines
Positive attitude
Work under pressure
Receptive and be able to grasp new ideas and motivate one’s self for personal development
Success Criteria for Position:
Achieve TEUs target as assigned
Achieve carrier haulage target as assigned
Reduce number of Exceptions, unrated shipments, manual quotes
Special Tasks (if applicable):
Revenue optimization
Develop carrier haulage performance
*** Disclaimer - Recruitment Fraud Alert 2026
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