Freight Product Manager
Company Profile:
Our Client is a leading global provider of comprehensive
logistics and transportation solutions.
Reports To: Country Manager
Job Purpose
Continuously work with customer management team to explore opportunities to grow revenue, work with operations managers to improve the quality of the service and reducing the cost.
Key Accountabilities
Typical duties included are but not limited to:
- Coordinate
with the Country Manager to set the product targets.
- Discuss
with the CMT leaders the targets of their teams making sure that the total
team targets are higher or equal to the station target.
- Achieve
the set product target
- Agree
with the Country manager on a sales and pricing strategy for the product.
- Communicate
the sales and pricing strategy to the CMT and ensure they abide by it.
- Develop
effective sales and communication materials that will enhance the
development of the product in the market place. This is done in coordination
with the Marketing team at the station and/or the GSO.
- Coordinate
with the region product manager on all regional accounts, operation
changes and updates needed
- Report
the status of the product to the country manager on a monthly basis.
- Train
and support the CMT and ensure that they are selling the product
effectively.
- Visit
clients with the CMT on a regular basis. This is especially important when
the client has a special project and requires the expertise of the product
manager.
- Help
the CMT resolve any operational related problem.
- Provide
the Country Manager and the CMT with effective market data. This may
include information about the competition, upcoming projects, product
statistics and product profitability reports, etc.
- Participate
in product exhibitions where his potential customers visiting or
participating.
- Strive
to continuously learn about the product and transfer this knowledge to the
Country Manager and the CMT’s.
- Negotiate
the best rates with the airlines, trucking agencies and other suppliers.
Related Procedures
- Adhere
to all related policies, procedures documented and published under Infohub
in the intranet.
Basic/ Job Requirements
- Bachelor
Degree in any related filed
- English
Proficiency, any other language if required.
- MS
Office Applications (Word, Excel, Power Point & Outlook)
- 5
years’ experience in a team leader position including a minimum of 2 years
in sales & operations of subject product
Skills:
- Organization
& Planning Skills
- Communications
Skills
- Interpersonal
Skills
- Analytical
Skills
- Problem
Solving
- Creativity
- People
Management
- Team
Building skills
To apply for this position send your CV to mycv@myjobseye.com
quoting the position in the subject line and preferred location.
Kindly also mention your current/ last salary and benefits. Only
shortlisted candidates will be contacted
