About the Job:
Who You Are:
You are a highly driven, ambitious, and persuasive dealmaker who thrives in a fast-paced, high-growth environment. You are energized by closing deals, building relationships, and securing business at a rapid pace. You are a proactive, competitive self-starter ready to take ownership to expand our customer relationships.
The Opportunity:
We are looking for a high-energy sales professional to drive our aggressive expansion. As Business Development Executive, you will be responsible for prospecting, negotiating, and securing customers, as well as managing your book of business which you secure. This role offers high visibility, autonomy, and a direct impact on the company's growth.
Who We Are:
We are driven by a passion for helping small to medium-sized businesses navigate the complexities of global trade. Founded by industry veterans with deep experience across global ocean carriers, working in the headquarters, trade management executives, and global logistics providers, our team has firsthand knowledge of the challenges faced by companies in this dynamic market. Our founders learned early on the importance of responsive, customer-focused service.
What You'll Do:
Aggressively identify, reach out, create new opportunities, negotiate, and secure new customers to support our growth.
Lead and perform due diligence and data gathering about your sales territory and grow your pipeline of opportunities and accounts
Negotiate and close Ocean import, Ocean export, Air import, Air export, and Customs Brokerage opportunities
Foster and grow business development relations with customers, entertain and appreciate our customers
Extreme follow up with client requests and conduct quarterly business reviews collaborating internally with operations and externally with customers
Manage your territory of customer and conduct routine customer visits
Must-haves in a Candidate:
Willingness to learn and curiosity to build this skill set
Strong, winning sales and project management experience
Ability to recommend and make sound decisions
Direct and factual communication style
Highly detail-oriented with a focus on accountability and correctness
Ability to change and adapt to the business landscape quickly
Nice to Have in a Candidate:Bachelor's Degree and or equivalent experience
Experience in fast-paced, high-growth international freight forwarding service providers
Knowledge of Sales territory and geographics and demographics
Details:
Experience International Freight Forwarding sales experience required
This is a full-time salaried job
Frequent travel within Territory
What We Do
Ardent is an industry leading digital freight forwarder focused firstly on service level and making logistics more seamless and hassle free for our customers. We bring the right people, process, and technology to your logistics problems to provide a quick, easy solution to your logistics needs. We partner with the most advanced technology providers to introduce new efficiencies into your supply-chain.
