Amazon Freight Business Developer , Amazon Freight LSP Team

Amazon is looking for a driven, entrepreneurial, and analytical Account Representative. The ideal candidate will be excited by partnering in launching a new start-up from the beginning of its life cycle, and will have familiarity leading sales generation with small to medium sized customers.

Amazon Transportation Services is building systems and capabilities to ensure that external shippers’ freight in the Amazon network (vendors, suppliers, sellers) is moved with the highest service and lowest possible costs. To meet this goal, we are continually striving to innovate and provide best-in-class service levels. You will efficiently negotiate terms and close deals with logistics service providers. Internally, you will work with functions that cut across the organization including legal, technology, marketing, transportation and customer service, to drive great customer experience for our program.

The ideal candidate will exhibit strong analytical and interpersonal skills with the ability to work in a fast-paced, innovative climate. You will communicate with senior stakeholders within the Amazon Leadership team, as well as working with leaders at major companies to strengthen partner relations. The candidate is as comfortable working on strategy and design, as they are rolling-up their sleeves and working on implementation. They have demonstrated the ability to build customized, innovative logistics solutions, drive process improvement, standardize procedures and negotiate effectively.

Responsibilities of this role will include (but are not limited to):

Build and maintain a pipeline of opportunities and provide key metrics and regular forecasts.
Ability to identify and drive revenue, adoption and market segment share of our product
Manage numerous accounts concurrently & strategically, ensuring customer satisfaction
In-depth knowledge and understanding of the logistics and transportation industry.
Build strong working relationships with vendors, suppliers, businesses and internal peers.
Engage with internal and external business teams and stakeholders to identify opportunities to improve performance and service.
Earn trust of customers and recommend product solutions that fit their business needs.
Measure performance, articulate root-cause analysis, and link to specific improvement areas.
Assess program risks, anticipate challenges, and provide escalation management when necessary.
Meet or exceed targets for customer and/or feature spend adoption.
This job will require strong communication skills while having the ability to work independently in a high pressure, and often ambiguous, work environment.

Key job responsibilities
Build and maintain a pipeline of opportunities and provide key metrics and regular forecasts.
Ability to identify and drive revenue, adoption and market segment share of our product
Manage numerous accounts concurrently & strategically, ensuring customer satisfaction
In-depth knowledge and understanding of the logistics and transportation industry.
Build strong working relationships with vendors, suppliers, businesses and internal peers.
Engage with internal and external business teams and stakeholders to identify opportunities to improve performance and service.
Earn trust of customers and recommend product solutions that fit their business needs.
Measure performance, articulate root-cause analysis, and link to specific improvement areas.
Assess program risks, anticipate challenges, and provide escalation management when necessary.
Meet or exceed targets for customer and/or feature spend adoption.
This job will require strong communication skills while having the ability to work independently in a high pressure, and often ambiguous, work environment- 2+ years of professional or military experience
- 2+ years of generating new opportunities with strong focus on pipeline tracking and deal execution through entire sales cycle experience
- 2+ years of exceeding quota and key performance metrics experience
- Bachelor's degree
- Experience with business development, partnership management, or sourcing new business- Experience and record of success in an outbound account management or prospecting role in B2B environments, preferably in a solution/technology-related environment
- Experience using Salesforce.com at an advanced level including the development of dashboards and reports, programing experience

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