National Road Logistics Business Development Manager at Kuehne+Nagel

Are you thinking about advancing your career with one of the most successful logistics organizations worldwide? Here at Kuehne+Nagel, our Chicago branch is looking for a new National Road Logistics Business Development Manager to join our Road Logistics team!

Your Role

As a Business Development Manager, you will drive the accelerated development of the assigned global key account portfolio within various verticals (hi-tech, consumer, aerospace). You will do this by working with a variety of internal and external stakeholders while focusing on the following key objectives.

Your Responsibilities

• To lead and drive the development of new accounts, while supporting top priority tenders in line with the vertical roadmap and targets.
• To develop customer value propositions including innovative services, products + related solutions with business units, specific industry teams and key accounts.
• To monitor key account performance within your scope (Gross Profits, volume), initiating corrective actions in case of target deviations.
• To keep track of business plans for assigned customers, ensuring continuous development and growth.
• To support request for quote (RFQ) or tender responses for assigned customers, in collaboration with relevant team members to increase success rate.
• To lead and coach key account team members in customer acquisition and retention, including supporting regular review sessions with assigned customers and introducing processes for continuous improvement.
• To organize and lead executive reviews and strategy meetings with company executive sponsors.
• To share knowledge with key account management team through regular content updates in our intranet, marketing materials, workshops, etc.
  
  

Your Skills And Experiences

• Minimum 5+ years of experience in road logistics and business development.
• Account management knowledge and skills along with a strong customer relationship management.
• Overall solid operations, products and services knowledge.
  
  

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.

Kuehne+Nagel is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (“EEO”) and to compliance with all federal, state, and local laws that prohibit workplace discrimination and unlawful retaliation. Kuehne+Nagel strictly prohibits all discrimination on the basis of race, ancestry, color, age, national origin, ethnicity, religious creed or belief, physical or mental disability, marital or familial status, legally protected medical condition, genetic information, military or veteran status, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical condition), gender (including gender identity and gender expression), sexual orientation, citizenship status, protected activity (such as opposition to or reporting of prohibited discrimination or harassment. Kuehne+Nagel will also make reasonable accommodations for disabled applicants and employees, including accommodations for pregnancy and childbirth, and for the sincerely held religious beliefs of applicants and employees depending upon individual circumstances unless such accommodation would create an undue hardship on Kuehne+Nagel.