Req ID: : Posted 11/09/2017
Job Function: Marketing and Sales
Full:Time/Part:Time: Full:time
Contract Type: Permanent
Job Level: Entry:level
Position:
Inside Sales
Surname / Name:
Department / Location:
Marketing and Sales
Substitute:
Line Reporting:
Country Head of Marketing and Sales
Matrix Reporting:
Hiring Date:
Last Revision Date:
December 2016
Purpose of the role
The Inside Sales Coordinator is primarily engaged in managing and growing small assigned accounts or trade lanes, by developing business opportunities through the qualification via phone, email and eventual visits, promoting and actively selling Panalpina's services.
Key Tasks
General
* Prospect new customers using internet, press, statistics, among other tools to find new customers.
* Attend a Customer Base of small/transactional customers that are not handled by IVs, Field Sales and/or RDM.
* Seek, promote and initiate continuous improvement opportunities
* Work collaboratively with direct report on career path document
* Root cause Analysis on service issues and timely address them to relevant functions
* Build and maintain a solid relationship with its customers, understand their needs.
Mandatory
* Adhere to the ACR Creation Process (ACR Request Form) incl. Credit set up, for all customers from her Customer Base.
* CRM maintenance of its own Customer Base: contact information, win business, customer potential.
Daily
* Fulfill phone calls or eventual visits to assigned customers.
* Provide quotations to his/her customers by him/herself
* Perform proper follow up of the quotations issued to his/hers customers for further closing and securement.
* Actively promote LCL, FCL, Air and Road products accordingly to the strategy set.
* Support successful business handover for all closed quotations between Sales and Operations.
Decision Making Authority
* As assigned.
Key Performance Indicator (KPIs values to be confirmed during PEAR review)
* Quotations : 200/month
* Closing Ratio : at least a 50 of all sent quotations must be gained.
* Phone Calls : 15 daily calls to new customers, should be registered/maintained in CRM.
* Follow Up : 100 to all sent quotations.
* Volume : target set for each product, to be reviewed on a monthly basis (Refer to Incentive Letter)
Function / Market and Industry Knowledge / Business Acumen / Process working
* Functional experience in air / sea / road
* Basic sales knowledge
* Complete understanding of PA service offering and pricing policy
* Understanding of PA (strategy, products and solutions)
* High competency with MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
Skills and Competencies
* Self:organized (prioritize, plan, execute, self:control)
* Good interpersonal and written and verbal communication skills
* Able to articulate PA value proposition
* Organized, flexible and able to work under tight deadlines
* Administration skills
* Customer service skills
* Team player
Educational background / Work experience
* High:school certificate
* 3 years of general industry business experience
Language skills
* Language skills: fluent in English (written and verbal), other languages a plus
Salario:Competitive
Ciudad: panama city
