Territory Manager - Abu Dhabi
Location
United Arab Emirates
Company name
DHL
Sector
Sales & Customer Services
Contract duration
Full time
Salary (monthly)
Non-Dislcosed
Experience
3-5 Years
About the role
A Territory Manager is responsible for the revenue generated from a geographicallyassigned sales territory (or business portfolio), through servicing and retention of existing cargo customers and targeting new business opportunities.
Responsibilities
- Act as an ambassador for DHL at all times and attend to customer needs in a professional, friendly and courteous manner
- Ensure that a high level of professional rapport is developed and maintained with all customers
- Follow up on all customer enquiries and direct customer to the correct DHL department where further information is required
- Manage all customer-related information by communication to the selling team around specific customers as well as in sales systems so that other DHL staff can access customer and territory information
- Promote DHL brand image and values through own appearance and behavior so that it reflects DHL high standards and develops customers’ relationship
- Establish customer agreements and ensure and that pricing guidelines are always applied and profitability targets for customers are met.
- Ensure that customers’ prices are reviewed on regular basis and whenever any discrepancy arises between actual and promised volumes a re-negotiation takes place
- Develop and implement an approach to secure competitors and prospects business in the shortest time possible.
- Establish Prospects pipeline to support this approach and target them accordingly
- Exploit all new opportunities from existing and potential customers (prospects) ensuring a maximum penetration of DHL in assigned territory
- Develop and implement a personal sales plan and call cycle that incorporates initiatives for identifying and gaining new business and maximizes growth of existing customers to achieve the individual sales (volume and profitability) targets
- Monitor customer performance, loyalty and satisfaction to measure success, business fluctuation and possible business at risk.
- Take appropriate corrective action internally and/or with the customer
Requirements
- Excellent communication skills in English; knowledge of Arabic is a distinct advantage
- 3-5 years hard core sales experience
- Good interpersonal understanding & presentation skills
- Excellent organizational skills, including ability to prioritize workload
- Demonstrated ability to use initiative/judgment to solve job related issues
- Strong problem solving capability
- Excellent Selling Skills in a complex sale environment
- Good networking, negotiation skills and strong ability to impact and influence
- Experience in a segmented service industry, air express industry or freight forward industry highly preferred
- Degree/Diploma in business or related fields would be advantageous