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Sales Representative (Freight industry)

R 40 000 - R 45 000 a month
Ellahi Consulting
Nigel Full-day Full-time

Description:

Industry: Freight Services

Salary:
CTC: R 40 – 45K pm plus benefits

Benefits: Fuel Card, Provident Fund, Medical Insurance

Location:

Minimum Requirements

Qualifications

  • Higher Certificate (NQF Level 5) in Sales and Marketing or Supply Chain

Experience

  • 2 Years’ experience in the Road/Airline and Freight industry

  • 1 Year experience in an administrative role

  • 1 Year’s experience in sales or customer service


Environmental / Other Conditions

  • Valid Driver’s Licence

  • Own reliable transport

  • National travel

  • Ability and willingness to work extended hours at own initiative and/or request

Regulated Training

  • Part 108 Level 2 Aviation Security

  • Dangerous Goods Category 6

Functional Training

  • Operations Induction

  • Safety Management Systems and Company Systems

  • IVS/Winfreight: Operations and Finance

Behavioural Competencies

  • Professional and positive appearance and attitude

  • Self-motivated / Proactive

  • Time management / Deadline driven

  • Attention to detail

  • Creative

  • Customer service orientated

Skills

  • Company and customer expertise

  • Value-based selling

  • Conflict and customer complaint resolution

  • Negotiation skills

Primary Responsibilities & Duties

Main purpose of the Job:
To identify opportunities, promote Interloc's service offering through acquiring and onboarding of new customers to achieve market share growth within the Domestic Airfreight sector.

Identify Opportunities

  • Identify new opportunities and potential customers through industry knowledge and contacts

  • Develop strategies to capitalize on opportunities identified

Customer Acquisition

  • Grow the Interloc customer base by providing relevant information and opening new accounts

  • Promote service offering including vehicle availability, routes, and tailored value-added services

Rate Negotiations and Pricing Structures

  • Negotiate rate structures aligned with Sales and Business Development strategy

  • Submit rates for system loading

  • Sign off and verify loaded rates to ensure accurate billing

  • Perform preliminary billing checks to identify and correct errors

Customer Onboarding

  • Collect and update customer contact information on Interloc platforms

  • Provide initial training on the Interloc portal

  • Notify Finance of new accounts for linking and billing setup

  • Notify Operations of new customers and their requirements

  • Monitor and report on customer spend for the first 3 months

Service Expansion

  • Identify areas for service improvement and propose new services based on customer and market insights

  • Investigate new verticals/commodities and develop strategies to capture them

Handover to Key Accounts

  • Rate customer account after 3 months (A, B, C classification)

  • Provide Key Accounts team with a full customer overview and detailed handover

Requirements:

  • Higher Certificate (NQF Level 5) in Sales and Marketing or Supply Chain

  • 2 Years’ experience in the Road/Airline and Freight industry

  • 1 Year experience in an administrative role

  • 1 Year’s experience in sales or customer service

  • Valid Driver’s Licence

  • Own reliable transport

  • National travel

  • Ability and willingness to work extended hours at own initiative and/or request

  • Part 108 Level 2 Aviation Security

  • Dangerous Goods Category 6

  • Operations Induction

  • Safety Management Systems and Company Systems

  • IVS/Winfreight: Operations and Finance

  • Professional and positive appearance and attitude

  • Self-motivated / Proactive

  • Time management / Deadline driven

  • Attention to detail

  • Creative

  • Customer service orientated

  • Company and customer expertise

  • Value-based selling

  • Conflict and customer complaint resolution

  • Negotiation skills

  • Identify new opportunities and potential customers through industry knowledge and contacts

  • Develop strategies to capitalize on opportunities identified

  • Grow the Interloc customer base by providing relevant information and opening new accounts

  • Promote service offering including vehicle availability, routes, and tailored value-added services

  • Negotiate rate structures aligned with Sales and Business Development strategy

  • Submit rates for system loading

  • Sign off and verify loaded rates to ensure accurate billing

  • Perform preliminary billing checks to identify and correct errors

  • Collect and update customer contact information on Interloc platforms

  • Provide initial training on the Interloc portal

  • Notify Finance of new accounts for linking and billing setup

  • Notify Operations of new customers and their requirements

  • Monitor and report on customer spend for the first 3 months

  • Identify areas for service improvement and propose new services based on customer and market insights

  • Investigate new verticals/commodities and develop strategies to capture them

  • Rate customer account after 3 months (A, B, C classification)

  • Provide Key Accounts team with a full customer overview and detailed handover

11 Apr 2025;   from: careers24.com

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