National Road Logistics Sales Team Leader

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 Sales Team Leader to join our Road Logistics team!

Your Role

We're seeking a motivated Lead Sales Development Representative to join our dynamic sales team. In this role, you'll lead a team of Sales Development Representatives (SDRs) to drive new business opportunities and expand our customer base. You'll play a crucial role in identifying potential customers, engaging prospects, and qualifying leads for our sales team.

Your Responsibilities

• Collaborate with sales representatives to develop and implement effective prospect communications within various verticals.
• Initiate discussions with key decision-makers at targeted prospect accounts, focusing on their specific business needs.
• Generate qualified leads and schedule sales appointments to increase business closing rates by providing sales with well qualified, ready-to-engage leads.
• Utilize cold calling and/or lead generation experience to engage with a high daily volume of potential clients.
• Help build our Sales Development Representative team to support road development.
• Provide insight into tools/technology needed to expedite the lead generation process.
  
  

Your Skills And Experiences

• Minimum 2+ years of experience within road logistics, business development and leadership skills.
• Exceptional organizational, prioritization, and time management skills.
• Results-oriented with a strong commitment to customer satisfaction.
• Positive attitude with excellent problem-solving abilities.
• Professional demeanor with strong active listening skills.
• Experience managing a high volume of inbound leads.
• Familiarity with industries such as Retail, Food & Beverage, Automotive, or Chemicals is a plus.
  
  

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.