Trade Lane Manager French Speaker

at  Reliance Career Opportunities

MINIMUM 5 YEARS WORKING EXPERIENCE IN FREIGHT FORWARDING/ LOGISTICS INDUSTRY

• Strong air and ocean product knowledge, working experience in air or ocean operations
• Fluent in French & English language, both verbal and in writing, Arabic will be an advantage
  Competitive Salary + Benefit

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Expansion and further development of the core business of the company, the focus to be on the expansion of the responsible Trade Lanes and on customers in the France & Maghreb trade lane.
• To work on all the Air/Ocean products and logistics solutions; this includes both the acquisition/coordination of new business and the expansion of existing business within the framework of the specified corporate strategy
• Development of a trust-based, effective and efficient cooperation with the Trade Lane partners
• Knowledge transfer for the assigned trade lane; communication of strengths, weaknesses, USP’s and products to the organization
• Independently preparing, organizing, implementing and following up on national and international sales trips and marketing campaigns
• Independent preparation, organization and follow-up of regular reviews with the Trade Lane partners with the aim of continuous growth of the Trade Lanes
• Market analyses and competitive monitoring with the aim of deriving profitable and sustainable measures (positive Gross Margin effect)
• Early identification of market and product trends; development and implementation of measures, primarily decided by customers in Germany (in cooperation with product management)
• Lead the execution of RFQ’s, i.e. create the strategy, roadmap and executive steps required to win customers and proactively support product, tender, operations and supply chain management
• Initiating and leading the implementation of an internal and external Continuous Improvement Process in the area of responsibility
• Correct, accurate and efficient application of the computer systems used (CRM TSE)
• Additional tasks assigned by Line Manager
• Skills & qualification required