Sales and Marketing Executive

 

Recruiter:

Talented Recruitment

Job Ref:

DBN001857/LP

Date posted:

Friday, March 25, 2022

Location:

Johannesburg, South Africa


SUMMARY:
A reputable Ships Agency is seeking a Sales and Marketing Executive to join their team.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Core Knowledge & Skills:
  • Matric.
  • 5 years extensive ships agency experience in all trades.
  • Shipping training courses.
  • Sales and Marketing training courses (tertiary qualification advantageous).
  • Computer literacy – MS Office, Powerpoint, Excel.
  • Customer service training.
  • Knowledge of customers and market share.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills (written and verbal communication skills).
Duties: 
  • Arrange appointments with customers – minimum of 16 calls per week.
  • Existing client list of customers to be serviced.
  • Bookings for all Trades on In-house systems.
  • Updating RFA’s timeously as per agreed rates to customers.
  • Ensuring freight rates, free time agreements and additional charges are updated on In-house systems prior to freight desk invoicing clients.
  • Application for DG/Hazardous cargo.
  • Application for detention and demurrage.
  • Applications for freight collect at POD.
  • Monitoring of vessel tonnages and loadings.
  • Assisting customers with E-service login / booking creation.
  • Distribution of sailing schedules for all services.
  • Distribution of all marketing relating notices to the customers.
  • Discuss & promote current PIL trade routes with customers -  imports and exports.
  • Discussions on competition information.
  • Weekly call plan submitted by lunch time on Friday for clients to be visited for the following week.
  • Maintain existing business and vigorously develop new customers – imports and exports.
  • Sending quotations to customers – imports and exports must be done in writing and filed in customer file within 24 hours.
  • Respond to eMails within 24 hours.
  • Follow up on holding messages to principals.
  • Weekly sales report on customers visited for the week and feedback by 10h00 each Friday.
  • Attending marketing meetings with customers/management.
  • Export customer stats.
  • Monthly Far East / X-trade report.
  • Report on import liftings.
  • Report on export liftings.
  • Comparisons to previous month.
  • Report back on competition on this trade.
  • Report on target and tender accounts, i.e. volumes YTD.
  • Rate negotiations for imports and exports for the various trade areas that PIL service and follow up on quotes.
  • Survey reports as needed for new trades.
  • Updating partner codes – for import customers.
  • Entertain customers at rugby, cricket, lunches, shows, etc. after hours or during weekends.
  • Follow up on sales leads from Port of Load and contacting customers.
  • Following up on sales leads locally from freight forwarders, shippers, and exporters.
  • Assist with conference preparation.
  • Follow up on telesales reports daily.
  • Follow up on outstanding monies – demurrage, short payments from import and export customers.
  • Consistently offer customers excellent service levels.
  • Assist Marketing team when staff are on leave or sick leave.
  • Filing.

Should you not receive a response within the next 2 weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful. Vacancies are advertised on our website, should you wish to keep abreast with our active roles.
 
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