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General Manager - Freight Forwarding


Company : Orchid Shipping Pvt. Ltd.


Location : Kolkata, West Bengal


Created : 2025-05-05


Job Type : Full Time


Job Description

Job Responsibilities :- Sharing of client leads with sales team to focus on bringing new customers on board. - Proper checking and Approval of all quotation and Jobs for all verticals i.e. Ocean, Air, Project. - To accompany with sales team when necessary to bring new customer on board and recovery of payment, if it is delayed beyond a certain limit or to solve any problem arise with customer. - Conducting weekly sales meeting to discuss the outstanding with current customers and the targeted customers with their feedback and enquiries generation. - All types of credit, commission approvals from management. - Bringing new customers on board, sending them quotation, building relations with customers. - Guiding operation team wherever required expertise in handling and custom clearance activities of any typical commodity. - Team building activities within the team members to co-operate with each other where ever necessary. - Achieve monthly / annual revenue budge - Filling of any fresh sales staff wherever necessary.KRA’s :- Manage the Freight Forwarding business. - Source new business as well as expand scope of work from existing clients - Achieve monthly / annual revenue budget - Ensure timely collections from clients within credit period - Innovative in providing solution as well as collaborate with different verticals for business integration which can be beneficial to the organization - Monitoring sales team to Achieve their budget - People Management - Quality and System complianceDesired Attributes :- Should have minimum 15 years’ experience in Freight Forwarding services - Must have existing shipper base which can be diverted once onboard - Should be self-motivated & a go getter - Knowledge & client base for will be added advantage - Competency in offering total logistics solution to customers - Prepare market reports & appraise management with market intelligence / reports as & when required