Branch Manager

Number of vacancies:

To be determined in accordance with company strategy

 

Salary:

Profit-sharing

 

Age:

28–35 years old

 

Education:

Higher National Diploma or equivalent

 

Experience:

Top-performing freight forwarding sales professionals with experience leading sales teams

 

Core competencies:

Responsible for building a local sales team from scratch, developing the market, and meeting the branch’s profit targets.

 

Soft Skills:

‘Almost-manager’ calibre talent

 

Bonus Points:

Ability to transfer an existing team (sales + operations) in its entirety

 

Job Responsibilities:

1. Formulate the branch’s annual and quarterly sales budgets and profit targets, and be accountable for the branch’s final net profit;

2. Control the branch’s operating costs (rent, labour, hospitality, etc.), and within the scope of authorisation, receive cost-saving incentives or bear responsibility for losses;

3. Utilise the company’s existing international sea freight, air freight and courier resources to develop local direct clients (factories, traders) and second-tier industry peers;

4. Lead negotiations with key accounts and resolve local contingencies (e.g. customs inspections, transport disputes, warehousing issues);

5. Strictly enforce head office’s credit limit management system and control accounts receivable risk.

 

Job Requirements:

1. Must be able to generate a stable volume of shipments or secure concrete commitments from major clients within the first quarter of employment;

2. At least 5 years’ experience in freight forwarding sales, including at least 2 years’ management experience leading a sales team (of 3 or more people);

3. Not content with a fixed salary, but genuinely keen to own a branch office of their own.