Director of National Sales - Logistics
koch industriesChicago, IL
Director of National Sales - Logistics
koch industriesChicago, ILManager L7
Sales ManagersSales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and TravelSales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products
Freight Transportation ArrangementAll Other Support Activities for TransportationGeneral Warehousing and Storage
APPLY NOW (opens in a new tab)Director of National SalesKBX is seeking a dynamic and entrepreneurial Director of National Sales to have a role in driving revenue growth, market penetration, and competitive positioning by building and executing innovative sales strategies that deliver long-term strategic value. As the Director of National Sales, you will help to shape our sales strategy and drive execution focused on external market capture primarily in the U.S. domestic Managed Transportation market. You will forge strategic customer relationships, and champion the development of tailored solutions that address evolving customer needs and industry challenges while leveraging the current KBX Logistics Managed Transportation suite of services. The corporate sales team will work to convert leads to opportunities resulting in mutually beneficial wins for clients and KBX Logistics. Success will also include utilizing comparatively advantaged resources across KBX and then entire Koch enterprise to create client value.
Responsibilities include:
- Lead execution of sales plans that target new customer acquisition, market penetration, and long-term business value
- Align sales objectives with company goals and financial targets, ensuring measurable success
- Monitor market trends, competitive landscape, and customer insights to adapt strategies and identify new growth opportunities
- Build, nurture, and expand relationships with key decision makers across target customer segments
- Lead negotiations and close complex, high-value deals, ensuring KBX's offerings deliver compelling business outcomes
- Spearhead market research and competitive intelligence efforts to inform pricing, product mix, and go-to-market strategies
- Identify and commercialize new business opportunities, partnerships, and channels
- Partner with marketing, operations, customer success, and product teams to develop and present customized solutions
- Leverage technology and automation to streamline sales processes, improve customer engagement, and enhance operational efficiency
Champion innovation in sales methodologies, tools, and techniques to strengthen our competitive edge.
Ability to travel roughly 50%Required experience includes:
Selling Managed Transportation solutions including 4PL, LLP, and Control Tower service offerings.
Developing and executing sales strategies aligned to meet business objectives
Building relationships with senior stakeholders and understanding complex customer challenges
Negotiating long term contracts, service level agreements, freight management volume and customer solutions
Managing a sales pipeline, tracking new business development, deals and market expansion using a CRMSelling solutions in the logistics or transportation or supply chain industry
Selling multimodal logistics solutions (ocean, air, rail, truck)
Selling international freight forwarding capabilities
Using data analytic tools to analyze sales trends, market opportunities and gain competitive intelligence
Selling technologically integrated supply chain solutionsKBX Logistics, a Koch company and global leader in transportation, offers world-class, technology-driven capabilities across all modes of managed freight and transportation asset management. KBX is uniquely positioned to meet the challenges shippers face, leveraging decades of firsthand experience and data-driven insights from a large, diverse, and global business network. By building mutually beneficial partnerships and innovative technology, KBX creates a competitive advantage for its customers and meets the growing need for cost effective and reliable supply chain solutions. For more information on KBX, visit www.kbx.comAt Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.
Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.
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Level
Manager L7
Location
Chicago, IL
Occupation
Sales Managers
Industry
Freight Transportation Arrangement
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