Now Hiring - Logistics Sales Executive in Charleston, SC

Logistics Sales Executive

Swan Transportation Services is a rapidly growing third-party logistics company with offices nationwide. We provide an excellent opportunity for growth, continuous learning, and collaboration with award winning professionals. At Swan, you will receive valuable training and access to industry leading programs and tools to help you succeed.

This role is responsible for directing sales efforts to expand our customer base. You will be responsible for generating new business and ensuring that sales targets are met or exceeded across all lines of business. This individual should be a motivated customer sales representative with experience and an entrepreneurial spirit.

Responsibilities:

• Grow revenue and relationships with new customers through prospecting.
• Generate leads through cold calling, networking, referrals as well as purchased leads.
• Utilize inside sales knowledge.
• Schedule meetings with potential customers with the goal of acquiring future business.
• Ensure a high level of customer satisfaction- maintain close contact with all customers– including follow up on concerns or other issues.
• Communicate customer problems to management.
• Exceed all standards for prospecting calls, presentations, proposals and closes.
• Develop, execute and monitor strategic and tactical goals to maximize sales, profit and to ensure sales targets are met or exceeded.
• Provide documented activity reports of your sales efforts on a daily, weekly and monthly basis.

Qualifications:

• 1-2 years of experience in a high-sales environment with a focus on new account acquisitions, or a degree in sales/business administration.
• Intermediate computer skills (Excel, Word).
• Excellent communication skills.
• Self-motivated and able to work well with minimal supervision or in a team environment.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Reliable, flexible and ambitious.
• Ability to multitask and handle multiple accounts at a time.
• Strong data and analytical and reasoning skills.