Key Account Manager II

ICAT Logistics; Elkridge (MD); Remote; USD 83,000 - 97,000; Full time

Job summary

ICAT Logistics in Elkridge, MD, is seeking a results-driven logistics and account management professional to bridge operations and sales, ensuring client needs are met 100% of the time. You will support client services, manage inquiries, and help develop new business opportunities across key accounts.

Collaborate across departments to prepare quotes, RFQs, and client presentations, and contribute to SOPs and process improvements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent required.
• 4+ years' experience in logistics and/or freight forwarding operations and account management, or equivalent education and experience.
• 2+ years of freight quoting, pricing
• Intermediate skills with Microsoft Office products
• Ability to plan and effectively set priorities for implementation
• Proven analytic and problem-solving skills in a time-sensitive, logistics environment
• Excels at meeting deadlines and demonstrates superior time management skills
• Strong communication skills and ability to work across teams

Responsibilities

• Facilitate interaction between operations and sales to meet client needs.
• Oversee client inquiries via phone, email or other means, tracking acknowledgement and response quality.
• Handle exception and internal escalations as needed.
• Identify opportunities and work with the sales team.
• Collaborate across departments to generate metrics and reports for key accounts as needed.
• Assist in shipment origination or warehouse fulfillment, as needed.
• Continually look to implement better processes, procedures and/or automation.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Logistics operations

Account management

Analytical thinking

Time management

Communication

Multi-tasking

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

To facilitate the interaction between operations and sales to ensure client needs are met 100% of the time. To provide client services and sales support for identified accounts or specific salesperson, as assigned. Create and support the development of new business opportunities from those same clients. Always exceed our customers’ expectations.

• As the Subject matter expert (SME) have advanced knowledge to support end to end client needs
• Oversee client inquiries via phone, email or other means. Tracking acknowledgement and response quality to key clients
• Exception handling and internal escalations as needed
• Respond to or delegating non-sales client inquiries (outside of general tracking, quotes).
• Identify resource efficiencies (i.e., client email groups/distribution groups and compiling relevant marketing assets for BD efforts)
• Track key account news (i.e., alerts) to identify engagement and/or growth opportunities
• Work across departments to generate metrics and reports for key accounts as needed
• Identify potential opportunities and work with the sales team
• Provide support to sales team and/or Account Management team as needed.

Pricing & Operations Support

• Collaborate and handle, with the Operation team, to deliver transportation and/or warehouse solutions to our clients
• Assist in preparing RFPs, RFQs, RFIs, and client presentations
• Prepare and follow up on quotes for key clients to secure the opportunity
• Conduct project-based tasks such as research and data assembly through interdepartmental collaboration
• Support the development of SOPs for key clients
• Recommend and implement process improvements to drive profitability and efficiency
• Assist in shipment origination or warehouse fulfillment, as needed
• Continually look to implement better processes, procedures and/or automation
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications & Skill Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent required
• 4+ years' experience in logistics and/or freight forwarding operations and account management, Or equivalent education and experience
• 2+ years of freight quoting, pricing
• Intermediate skills with Microsoft Office products
• Ability to plan and effectively set priorities for implementation
• Proven analytic and problem-solving skills in a time-sensitive, logistics environment
• Excels at meeting deadlines and demonstrates superior time management skills
• Natural ability to multi-task in a fast-paced work setting with a strong attention to detail
• Superior communication skills and an ability to motivate people with an emphasis on listening skills
• Ability to relate to and successfully interact across a variety of settings and work well with a broad and diverse workforce throughout the organization
• Demonstrates ability to work in a client-centric setting
• Ability to be flexible as priorities shift
• Consistent in follow-up and follow-through
• Highly motivated team player with an outgoing and positive work attitude
• Credible with a high level of personal integrity
• Adaptive to ICAT’s core values

Physical Demands and Work Environment

• Most work is performed indoors in an office setting
• Flexible approach to work, due to clients’ needs and project support requirements
• Regularly use hands to type, handle, or feel
• Required to use close, distance, color, and peripheral vision, depth perception and can focus
• Must have clear, easy to understand oral communication ability
• Ability to sit for prolonged periods. May occasionally need to stoop, climb, or squat

Supervisory Responsibilities: No

Travel Requirement: Yes, up to 10%

Some travel required (by air and/or car) to support multi-site, national operations.

Location: Remote, but preference is to work in the Elkridge, MD office

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Salary Description

$82,705 - $97,300

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