Business Development Executive

Location

Cincinnati, OH | United States

Job description

Business Development Executive

Position: Business Development Executive

Location: SCS Headquarters/On the Road

Reports to: Vice President of Business Development

Status: Exempt

About us: For over 20 years Supply Chain Solutions has been committed to providing businesses with solutions to complex supply chain issues and creating efficient processes through transportation, logistics, and technology solutions. At SCS, the driving force behind our success is our people. We want our associates at every level to love what they do and excel at it. Maintaining a positive company culture is important to us and we strive daily to live out our core values of: Honesty and Respect, Find A Better Way, and Deliver Results.

About the position:

As a Business Development Executive, you will be responsible for making sure the client's needs are being met and understood by each department in the company. Your duties include handling any client complaints, working to find solutions to any client issues and managing other departments to foster a positive client-company relationship. You will also be responsible for identifying new opportunities with the client. A successful Business Development Executive should be flexible enough to handle a variety of duties that pertain to company's operations and the clients' requirements. Your main responsibility is to make sure the client is happy, so they continue to do business with the organization.

Some of the key responsibilities for this position include:

• Work with the LLS Sales Team as a direct counterpart covering the Midwest territory.
• Ability to build and maintain strong client relationships. This includes excellent communication skills, responsiveness, and understanding and anticipating client needs.
• New client onboarding, credit check, Salesforce account building and relation, proper hand off to Ops.
• Collaborating with various internal departments to ensure they fulfill all customer requests .
• Ability to travel as needed.

You are a great fit for this role if you:

• Have a bachelor's degree in Sales and Marketing, or other related field.
• Have 5 or more years of industry sales / operations experience required.
• Freight Forwarding Experience required, with some background in Operations.
• German or other European experience a plus.
• Market knowledge is essential.

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