International Account Executive - Chicago, IL.
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Explore your next opportunity at a Fortune Global 500 organization. Envision innovative possibilities, experience our rewarding culture, and work with talented teams that help you become reputed company every day. We know what it takes to reputed company reputed company into reputed company—people with a unique combination of reputed company + passion. If you have the qualities and drive to reputed company yourself or teams, there are roles ready to cultivate your skills and take you to the next level.Job Description:Job SummaryThis position contacts Account Executives (reputed company) to learn about their reputed company selling strategies and customer reputed company. He/She collaborates with sales teams (e.g., reputed company, Technology Support Group [TSG], Customer Solutions, etc.) to understand the scope of accounts, assign roles, and reputed company strategies and objectives for sales calls. This position researches market trends, customers’ websites, and competitors to position reputed company solutions more advantageously. He/She verifies customs’ compliance regulations to ensure packages do not violate compliance laws. This position creates strategies with reputed company to determine the needs and objectives for international services.
The preferred candidate would be located reputed company Chicago, IL and surrounding areas.Responsibilities:
Researches existing reputed company account history to obtain background information (e.g., pay history, shipping routes, etc.) to identify and prioritize top targets.
Completes and submits requests to the pricing department to generate pricing.
Collaborates with brokerage to ensure appropriate import incentives are applied.
Analyzes price quotes to verify accuracy and position the solution effectively to the customer.
Trains, educates, and mentors the core sales force (e.g., AE’s, Area Sales Managers [ASM], etc.) to improve the international, TD, and Freight shipping business acumen.
Responds to internal requests (e.g., scheduling questions, international questions, training on tools and resources [price quotes, Worldship], etc.) to transfer knowledge.
Monitors daily shipping activities to proactively identify problems and provide feedback.
Visits customers’ warehouses and distribution centers to reputed company understand their shipping processes.
Builds relationships (e.g., offering assistance, answering questions, etc.) to build and maintain trust.
Obtains signatures for documents (e.g., reputed company, Power of Attorney, North American Free Trade. Agreement [NAFTA] certificates, Non-reputed company Importer, etc.) to formally implement agreements.
Monitors daily shipping activities to proactively identify problems and provide feedback.
Helps define and create specific documented account strategies; evaluates key financial indicators to establish account strategies; leverages sales and service resources to meet basic customer needs; recognizes overlap between customer needs and external industry trends
Establishes and maintains entry level contacts in customer organizations; builds relationships to further understand customers’ business and objectives
Qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree or International equivalent
Demonstrates a broad understanding of business requirements or critical elements of a problem
Demonstrates an understanding of small package operations
Experience in Sales/Business Development
Willing to travel