The opportunity:

Tired of the traditional operation model of the freight forwarding industry? Want to shake and disrupt the industry in a healthy manner? At Flexport, it’s our mission to make global trade easier for everyone. We are changing the industry with technology associated with our talents and state of the art infrastructure.

As a member of the Account Management team, your mission will be to proactively grow our client relationships by building and implementing solutions to their critical supply chain challenges. This is the golden opportunity to help expand our business in Asia. You will also support our share of wallet expansion with existing clients while helping to define new targets in the Asia Pacific region.

You will:

• Develop and launch new solutions that meet the needs of the largest and most complex global Freight Forwarding clients
• Focus on accelerating the growth of all services across the Flexport Portfolio including Air, Ocean, VN Domestic Logistics, Trade Advisory, Customs, PO Management
• Partner with the destination team in the US and Europe to identify expansion opportunities with our existing accounts in order to grow Flexport’s share of wallet.
• Work cross-functionally – across Ocean/Air/Logistics Operations, Procurement, Implementation, Legal, Industry SMEs, and Trade and Financial Services teams – to develop and execute on the client strategies in a deliberate way that maximizes the outcomes.
• You will create alignment of management level customer contacts and maintain relationships with critical stakeholders at some of the world’s largest brands
• You will stay up-to-date on the latest industry and supply chain developments, so that you can proactively educate and support your clients through change.

You should have:

• 3-6+ years client facing experience with a background in logistics, freight forwarding, or supply chain strongly preferred
• An entrepreneurial mindset with a strong track record of successfully delivering innovation and driving results
• Experience working with complicated global team matrices and drive desirable solutions and results
• Experience building client relationships locally and globally and leveraging those relationships to grow the business partnership
• Strategic thinker and disciplined planner; able to operationalize strategic plans; well organized.
• Effective communication on all channels (written, verbal, phone, media) with strong english proficiency.
• Strong negotiation and problem-solving skills
• Highly collaborative; track record of building strong internal and external relationships.
• High integrity and ethics; style and behavior align with Flexport’s values
• A "compliance first" attitude to keep our regulators happy and enthusiastic about Flexport since we operate in a heavily regulated industry.

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