Sales Executive - LTL

Company: TQL
Location: Gastonia
Posted on: May 15, 2022

Job Description:

About the role:As a Less-than-Truckload (LTL) National Sales Executive for TQL, you will be responsible for identifying high-volume LTL opportunities, building relationships with customers and closing large accounts. This is an opportunity to get in on the ground floor with one of TQL's newest departments and capitalize on a nearly un-tapped customer base.
What's in it for you:

• $50,000 - $70,000 base salary and benefits package
• Paid relocation to Charlotte, NC
• Comprehensive benefits package
• Structured career paths with 100% of department leadership promoted from within
• We win wherever we go - Voted a Top Workplaces USA (2021, 2022) and Forbes America's Best Employers (2022)
  What you'll be doing:
  • Engage with established TQL sales teams to identify companies with large LTL opportunities
  • Aggressively work potential accounts through the sales cycle - initiating contact, building relationships, qualifying opportunities, closing and onboarding
  • Collaborate with the LTL Pricing Team to develop customized and competitive proposals
  • Create and deliver presentations to perspective customers highlighting TQL's value added LTL services
  • Work with the sales floor to prevent or solve problems with LTL accounts to ensure continued revenue growth
  • Lead or assist account reviews with customers on performance, forecasts and future opportunities for LTL solutions
  • Attend meetings and trade shows as needed
  • Communicate customer and market trends to TQL senior leadership
    What you need:
    • Bachelor's degree preferred
    • Previous transportation experience preferred
    • 2+ years of proven success in a highly metric-driven sales role
    • Strong phone, and in-person sales, negotiation, and presentation skills
    • Ability to work and learn in a fast-paced environment with rapidly changing priorities
    • High energy with an excellent work ethic
    • Self-directed with the ability to solve problems minimal oversight
    • Ability to travel up to 50%

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