Head of Business Development - Calgary, Canada - DHL
Description
As
Head of Business Development - Industrial Projects
at DHL, you'll connect people and businesses through products and services you can be proud of. You'll be supported by a global team of professionals with diverse experience, but also have the freedom to work independently. Leverage the latest technology to build your networks more effectively and use your talents to make a company-wide impact by winning major global deals. Join our ambitious team of go-getters, and gain the chance to explore exciting career opportunities at world's leading logistics company.
The Head of Business Development - Industrial Projects is primarily responsible
to prospect and analyze target groups and new business opportunities through market research and developing marketing initiatives.
IN THIS JOB YOU WILL:
- Aggressively seek and initiate new business relationships with nonbuying accounts that have been targeted by the company
- Solicit and maintain favorable contacts with potential key accounts
- Identify decision makers and work to understand strategic business challenges and priorities
- Develop proposals
- Develop sales plans that support increased sales from targeted prospects by utilizing available DHL resources
- Manage overall prospect relationships, including dealing with prospects' highest buying levels and coordinating the activities of prospectfocused teams
- Identify business opportunities, assess prospective customer needs, and match these with DHL's services to acquire new business
- Partner with local, district, and regional management to coordinate customer requests and services that are being promoted
- Coordinate sales efforts with inside sales and provides flow of data on account competitors and suppliers to product management
- Ensure professional sales coordination and account planning
- May provide functional guidance, advice or training to less experienced business development position
YOU HAVE THE FOLLOWING QUALITIES AND QUALIFICATIONS:
years' experience in project / freight forwarding
- Experience managing IP projects with +/ 5 million freight budget
- Strong operational skills
- Strong knowledge of logistics
- Valid Driving license
YOU'LL BE REWARDED IN MANY WAYS, SUCH AS:
- Belong to a diverse and dynamic culture that promotes inclusion, growth and development opportunities
- Enjoy a flexible, hybrid work environment
- Career growth opportunities by being a member of a large Global organization
Our air, ocean, and overland freight forwarding services include standardized transport as well as multimodal and sector-specific solutions, together with individualized industrial projects.
We are committed to creating a workplace that ensures mutual respect and is focused on results. We hire talented people from all backgrounds.DHL is an equal opportunity employer and believe we will gain, through the recruitment and development of staff who represent the broad diversity of the Canadian workforce.
Diversity enriches our workplace, drives our success, and helps us deliver excellence.We are recognized as a Global Top Employer with 48 country-organizations worldwide.
Through our people practices, we help our forwarders realize their full potential by accessing in-site training programs, an online platform portal, loads of on-the-job training, and the chance to gain certifications for your role.
Follow us on social media to learn more about our business and culture:DHL Global Forwarding on LinkedIn | DHL Freight on LinkedIn
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