Local Account Manager

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Machelen, BEL
In-Office
Mid level
Logistics • Transportation • 3PL: Third Party Logistics
The Role
Manage and grow assigned logistics accounts by owning customer relationships, ensuring service quality, resolving escalations, documenting SOPs, driving upsell/cross-sell, maintaining CRM data, and collaborating with operations and product teams to deliver value and performance insights.
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Company Description

Expeditors is a Fortune 500 global logistics company headquartered in Seattle, Washington, powering international trade through customized supply chain solutions and seamless technology. With more than 19,000 professionals across 350+ locations on six continents, we combine global scale with the professionalism, innovation, and customer focus that help businesses move confidently in a fast-changing world.

What truly sets Expeditors apart is our people. We are committed to attracting, developing, and retaining exceptional logistics and technical talent, creating a supportive, high-performing environment where careers can grow. With a strong culture of promotion from within and a long track record of employee retention, Expeditors offers more than a job—it offers the opportunity to build a meaningful career with a global company that invests in your success.

Job Description

We are looking for a Local Account Manager to support and grow assigned customer accounts by delivering a high level of service, building strong customer relationships, and identifying opportunities for business growth. In this role, you will serve as a key point of contact for customers, partner closely with internal teams, and help ensure customer requirements are understood and supported effectively.

The ideal candidate brings strong relationship management skills, a customer-focused mindset, and the ability to coordinate across teams to deliver a consistent service experience.

Key Responsibilities

Customer Retention:
• Take full ownership of assigned accounts: understand customer needs and align on expectations.
• Strenghten relationships at all levels within the customer organization, beyond the main point of contact.
• Monitor customer satisfaction and proactively address service issues, including escalations when required.
• Ensure proactive communication with customers, especially in case of service irregularities or critical shipments.
• Deliver business and follow up on action items using an action tracker.
Development:
• Identify and convert opportunities through up-selling and cross- selling across multiple products.
• Collaborate with product and operations teams to deliver value-added solutions (services, products, technology) aligned with customer needs.
• Actively manage a sales pipeline within the existing accounts and contribute to business development.
Governance, SOP & Internal Alignment
• Ensure customer expectations are clearly documented in SOP’s and properly executed by operational teams.
• Maintain and update SOP’s, including rates, KPI’s, and service requirements, ensuring consistency across teams.
• Drive cross-functional collaboration (operations, product, sales) through regular communication and joint customer engagement.
Data, Tools & Reporting
• Use CRM Dynamics as the primary system for account management, ensuring accurate & consistent data.
• Monitor performance using reporting & BI tools, ensuring quality and actionable insights.
• Initiate and manage corrective action plans (CAPA) to prevent recurring issues.
Culture:
• Proactively promote the company’s 10 cultural attributes: Appearance, Attitude, Confidence, Curiosity, Excellence, Integrity, Pride, Resolute, Sense of Humor, Visonarry

Qualifications

Core Compentencies
• Customer centric mindset with focus on service excellence & retention.
• Business development orientation with ability to identify and execute growth opportunities.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills across teams and steakholders.
• Data-driven decision making and performance management.
Preferred competencies:
• Cross-product knowledge (Air, Ocean, Customs...) and understanding of the end-to-end supply chains.
• Experience with SOP management, KPI frameworks and customer business reviews.
• Strong presentation and value-selling skills.
Required Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in logistics or within Expeditors
• Strong customer management and communication skills.
• Experience with CRM systems and MS office, strong analytical mindset.
• Strong problem-solving and stakeholder management skills.
• Fluent in English

Training Requirements:
• Meet company standards of 52 hours training per year, including as needed management/leadership training

Additional Information

Candidates must be eligible to work in Belgium and have a valid work permit

Benefits

  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
  • Hospitalization Insurance
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Training and Personnel Development Program
  • Possibility of Bike Lease

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO Guidelines.

Skills Required

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
  • Minimum of 3 years of experience in logistics or within Expeditors
  • Customer-centric mindset with focus on service excellence and retention
  • Strong customer management and communication skills
  • Experience with CRM systems (Microsoft Dynamics) and Microsoft Office; strong analytical mindset
  • Experience with SOP management, KPI frameworks and customer business reviews
  • Business development orientation with ability to identify and execute growth opportunities (upsell/cross-sell)
  • Strong problem-solving and stakeholder management skills
  • Strong presentation and value-selling skills
  • Fluent in English
  • Eligible to work in Belgium and have a valid work permit
  • Meet company training standards (52 hours per year)
  • Cross-product knowledge (Air, Ocean, Customs) and end-to-end supply chain understanding

Expeditors Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Expeditors and has not been reviewed or approved by Expeditors.

  • Equity Value & Accessibility Equity participation is supported through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan that is positioned as a standout perk, including references to a purchase discount and contribution limits. Stock-plan availability is treated as a meaningful wealth-building component of the overall rewards mix.
  • Healthcare Strength Health coverage is described as comprehensive, spanning medical, dental, vision, and prescription benefits, with additional protections like life and disability insurance. Benefit materials also point to common add-ons such as HSA options, EAP support, and broad baseline coverage in job postings.
  • Retirement Support Retirement benefits include a 401(k) plan with employer matching that is repeatedly cited as a defined component of the package. Auto-enrollment/auto-increase features are also referenced as mechanisms that support participation and savings behavior.

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The Company
HQ: Seattle, WA
15,812 Employees
Year Founded: 1979

What We Do

Expeditors is a global logistics company headquartered in Seattle, Washington. As a Fortune 500 (374) company, we employ over 16,500 trained professionals in a worldwide network of over 320 locations across six continents. Expeditors is focused on the increasingly sophisticated needs of international trade through customized solutions and seamless, integrated information systems. Our services include air and ocean freight consolidation and forwarding, vendor consolidation, customs clearance, cargo insurance, distribution and other value-added logistics services. We pride ourselves on being a solutions-based organization that takes the time to understand each customer's individual business needs. As a non-asset based organization, we have considerable flexibility when managing customers'​ supply chains. Our relationships with local suppliers and global air and ocean partners provides our customers with the best routing and pricing options. Expeditors'​ comprehensive, flexible spectrum of services is supported by leading-edge information technology providing the highest level of end to end visibility. To maintain consistent quality and customer service across the globe, Expeditors has regional headquarters located in London, Dubai, Shanghai and Singapore. At Expeditors, our industry professionals, award winning processes and globally unified systems ensure that we always live up to our promise, "You'd be surprised how far we'll go for you."​

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