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(Senior) Sales Manager (f/m/d) - West

Role overview

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of experience in B2B sales
  • Fluent in German and English
  • Confident owning the full sales cycle
  • Self-starter who thrives in a dynamic environment

Responsibilities

  • Sign new customers that match Forto’s ideal customer profile
  • Own your pipeline: prospect, qualify, and convert leads
  • Run effective discovery to understand customer needs
  • Build long-term partnerships and manage customer relationships

Key facts

Other skills

  • Relationship Building

About the company

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Forto

Transportation, Logistics & Supply Chain

Forto was founded with the vision to deliver a highly transparent, frictionless, and sustainable digital supply chain. Forto platform technologies address the entire process stream, from offer, booking, document administration, tracking and tracing to pro-active exemption processing and analysis, supporting our customers with greater visibility, insight, and control. Leading manufacturers and e-commerce brands are among the 2.500 customers using Forto’s digitally-focused offerings as part of their supply chain delivery. Headquartered in Berlin, Germany, the company currently has more than 900 employees with 21 locations across Europe and Asia including offices in Berlin, Milan, Ho Chi Minh City, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Shanghai. Forto's privacy policy: https://forto.com/en/privacy-policy/ Our imprint: https://forto.com/en/imprint/

Company details

Company typeScaleup
IndustryTransportation, Logistics & Supply Chain
Company size501 - 1000

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Job description

About Us

What if your work could drive change in a globally established industry, shaping processes that touch every corner of the world? At Forto, we are at the forefront of change, harnessing the power of AI to revolutionise logistics. We want to reinvent digital supply chains to be transparent, frictionless and sustainable. From day one, our mission has been to simplify global trade – creating a seamless and efficient logistics process.

About the role

We’re looking for a driven (Senior) Sales Manager (f/m/d) to join Forto’s commercial team and help accelerate our growth across Europe. In this full-cycle sales role, you’ll be responsible for acquiring new customers and building your own book of business - with the opportunity to retain and grow those accounts over time.

Your initial focus will be landing net-new customers through outbound outreach and in-person field selling. As your portfolio grows, you’ll take ownership of those relationships and drive long-term value through upsell, cross-sell, and exceptional account management. You’ll be selling a solution that’s reshaping global logistics — all while working in a fast-paced, collaborative, and high-performing team.

Key Responsibilities

  • Sign new customers that match Forto’s ideal customer profile to drive volume and gross profit

  • Own your pipeline: prospect, qualify, and convert leads via outbound outreach and in-person selling

  • Run effective discovery: deeply understand customer needs and how Forto can solve them

  • Build long-term partnerships: manage and grow the customers you land, identifying upsell and cross-sell opportunities

  • Lead business reviews with key customers to align on performance, future needs, and expansion potential

  • Collaborate cross-functionally with Operations, Finance and Product to ensure a seamless and positive customer experience

Required Skills and Experience

  • 3+ years of experience in B2B sales - you've landed new customers against clear quotas

  • Fluent in German and English, and based in Germany.

  • Confident owning the full sales cycle: from outreach to close and into account expansion

  • Strong commercial mindset and relationship-building skills

  • Self-starter who thrives in a dynamic, fast-paced environment

  • Experience in freight forwarding, logistics, or supply chain role is a major advantage

Don’t fit all of our criteria? That’s okay! We know that you might be hesitant to apply if you don’t meet all our requirements, but here at Forto, we pride ourselves on embracing diverse perspectives and celebrating potential. If you are passionate about this position and the Forto values, please apply anyway. There could be a place for you in this role - or another one that’s a perfect fit! 


Why work with us?

Our team is hard-working, constantly seeking to maximise the impact of their work, but we put our people first, always winning with care. We value efficient systems and swift, direct communication. We want everyone to have their time to speak, so that we can embrace diverse perspectives to help drive towards solutions always.

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