Assistant Sales Manager jobs in Mumbai at JF Hillebrand

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Are you a confident, self-motivated, determined and ambitious professional? Do you enjoy the adrenalin rush of conquering new business and global networking?
Then we might be looking for you.
We are looking for an Assistant Sales Manager to join our team in India to drive new business and work with some of the worlds’ leading global retailers, producers and brewers including but not limited to alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages.
In this position, the Assistant Sales Manager shall, together with the Sales Manager, execute the long-term strategic plan & goals for India, identify new business opportunities for existing and future customers, negotiate and close business deals locally and proactively assist the network to achieve businesses not controlled locally, maintain extensive knowledge of current market conditions and increase sales opportunities, maximizing organization revenues.

What will you do?

You co-translate with the Sales Manager the country’s Sales Strategy and Plan into a clear and concise plan for yourself;
Your responsibility will be to drive sales and boost market position, ensure a growing client base with long term solid partnership by focusing on understanding and influencing current and future customer needs;
You are able to identify and develop new business opportunities, target & convert potential clients to becoming loyal customers, building a strong sales opportunity pipeline;
Your responsibility is also to generate and share market insights, analyze competitors actively and translate these findings to future customer needs and activities, therewith also influencing the improvement of our groups’ services portfolio;
You will ensure impeccable relations with Operations teams to ensure it is a combined effort to serve our customers to the best of our abilities;
Your focus on accurate, timely forecasting and reporting makes it easy for the team to keep you up to date and provide clear insights to higher management.

What do we expect from you?

You have a proven track record in the field of freight forwarding and / or shipping and / or bulk liquid transportation;
You can show that you are able to identify and qualify opportunities and prioritize sales efforts to closing deals quickly;
You have a nose for optimizing profitability, by cross sell or upsell, by discovering new market opportunities and are not afraid of creating them yourself;
You understand the market and you bring a solid network with customers, suppliers and industry partners;
You like to interact with different people and are good in creating and maintaining (customer) relationships;
You have a strong hunting mentality and result-focus
You are comfortable in working with CRM systems
You speak English fluently with additional languages as an advantage
You are flexible to travel

What can you expect from us?

competitive compensation
medical insurance
paid time off
professional development & growth opportunities

JF Hillebrand is the world’s leading logistics provider to the beverage trade operating in 88 different countries. Since inception in 1844, the company has been dedicated solely to the efficient and cost-effective logistics of beverages. Today, we work with some of the world’s leading retailers, producers and brewers to manage the global flow of beverages.

Our companies take pride in being part of an innovative group, ever changing to the needs of the market in which we operate. As well as offering first class logistics services, our companies also lead the way in the development of leading edge products, services and IT tools for the industries in which they operate.

Whilst we continue to grow and expand our horizons, we recognize that it is our people, ideas and values that enable us to do what we do.