Transport Specialist Sales Agent (m/f/d) 90-100%

For our client, a historic and recognised player in international transport (road / air / sea), logistics and customs, present on several sites in the Geneva region and neighbouring France, we are looking for a:

Our client is a prosperous, traditional company, deeply rooted in French-speaking Switzerland, with a strong regional reputation. A subsidiary of a large Swiss group, it combines the flexibility and proximity of a niche SME with the financial solidity and resources of a large group, in an open, family-oriented and long-term culture.

Your mission

You will join the French-speaking headquarters (Geneva basin) to strengthen an experienced and dynamic sales team, in a family work environment where everyone knows each other.

Your main responsibilities

• Strengthen our client’s image and presence on the Swiss and international market

• Maintain and develop an existing client portfolio

• Acquire new clients

• Visit clients and present new service offers, with wide freedom of movement in the field.

• Advise clients through various media (visits, telephone, emails, video calls), with a credible and consultative approach rather than "aggressive sales".

• Work closely with operations, marketing and other members of the sales team to ensure excellent service quality and strong responsiveness.

• Participate with management in defining objectives, prospect studies, activity monitoring (statistics, reporting, etc.

Your profile

• Holder of a freight forwarding CFC or equivalent training.

• Proven experience in international transport / transit and sales, ideally with a player having similar activities, with an existing portfolio and contact book.

• Excellent knowledge of the local, regional and international economic fabric.

• Good knowledge of Swiss / French customs.

• Mastery of French and English, spoken and written, essential for exchanges with clients, foreign agents and the head office in German-speaking Switzerland; another language (especially German) is a differentiating asset.

• Proficiency in common IT tools (office software, working with statistical data, spreadsheets)

• Credible, authentic and consultative personality, enjoying contact, novelty and showing empathy and initiative

Working conditions and benefits

• Permanent contract 100%, with openness to 90% depending on profile

• 5 weeks’ holiday from the start, increasing to 6 weeks during the fifth year.

• Fixed annual salary paid over 13 months

• Bonus based on turnover and new clients

• Parking space provided,

• Friendly and human-sized office environment.

• Great freedom of movement for client visits, within a framework of trust and responsibility.

• Family, open culture, value-oriented with a flat hierarchy and low turnover.

• Start date: as soon as possible.

• Workplace: Geneva.

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