Business Development Executive

Are you thinking about advancing your career with one of the most successful logistics organizations worldwide? Here at Kuehne+Nagel, our Toronto office is looking for a new Business Development Executive to join our Insurance Brokers team.

Your Role

Reporting to the Managing Director, you'll be part of the Marine Sales Team. If you're highly motivated, detail oriented with an emphasis on maintaining strong communication and relationship building skills, this might be a fit for you!

Your Responsibilities

• Collaborate directly with all channels of Kuehne + Nagel's sales representatives to offer insurance solutions to current freight/logistics clients.
• Independently identify, qualify and close new business insurance clients.
• Assist in creation of presentations for customers.
• Monitor incoming credit applications and contact clients who have consented to receive information on 'My Nacora Quote' tool.
• Work with sales/telesales/customer care and customer service representatives to ensure proper usage of 'My Nacora Quote' online quoting tool.
• Monitor the number of quotes per week/month/year by sales channels and conduct follow up meetings.
• Spot & flex quotation preparation.
• Customer set-up and implementation of new policies and agree.
• Scan list of accounts that do not have insurance and introduce Nacora.
• Convert clients with over 2-3 spot shipments a month to flex or fix.

Your Skills and Experiences

• Willing to travel as needed for offsite for client calls with a member of the Sales team.
• Strong knowledge of various systems (e.g Corelog, SAlog etc).
• Detail oriented, collaborative, adaptive with excellent communication skills.
• Strong PowerPoint and Excel Skills.

Good Reasons to Join

There has never been a better time to work in logistics. Bring your skills to an industry that offers stability and international career growth. We offer a great compensation and medical/dental benefits package, employee discounts, tuition reimbursement, excellent training programs, and a fun, and interesting global work environment. #LI-AA