Sales Director- Maersk Ground Freight

Location

United States (Remote / Field-Based with Travel)

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Sales Director to lead revenue growth across our Maersk Ground Freight team focusing on LTL and Final mile.

This role is responsible for managing a portfolio of customers driving new business opportunities and expanding existing relationships within furniture appliances home improvement fitness equipment and other heavy bulky consumer goods verticals.

The ideal candidate brings deep final mile logistics expertise strong commercial instincts and will be primarily work on managing a team with logo acquisition with account growth and retention.

Key Responsibilities

Revenue Growth

• Identify and help sales teams close new business opportunities in Specialized LTL final mile and heavy bulky home delivery
• Drive hunting mentality and manage a team of business development professional responsible for new logo generation
• Grow existing accounts through upsell cross-sell and service expansion
• Meet or exceed revenue margin and growth/new logo acquisition targets

Solution Selling

• Develop solutions for customers by leveraging Maersk Ground freight product portfolio.
• Focus on heavy bulky specialized LTL home delivery business including Threshold room-of-choice and white-glove delivery; Assembly basic and complex installs and haul-away services
• Returns and reverse logistics

Dedicated shared and hybrid delivery models

• Partner with solution design pricing and operations teams to develop scalable customer solutions
• Lead customer presentations pricing discussions and participate in contract negotiations

Relationship Management

• Build and maintain strong relationships with supply chain logistics and final mile home delivery leaders
• Participate and where ever applicable lead regular business reviews to drive performance service improvement and growth
• Act as the voice of the customer internally

Market & Performance Management

• Maintain a healthy and accurate sales pipeline in CRM
• Forecast revenue and track performance against targets
• Monitor market trends competitor activity and customer expectations
• Represent the company at industry events and customer meetings

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with operations customer success and onboarding teams to ensure smooth launches
• Align commercial commitments with operational capabilities
• Support continuous improvement initiatives across service cost and customer experience

Qualifications

Required

• 15 years in sales or account management experience in final mile home delivery LTL or logistics
• 10 years in sales leadership position with a proven track record of managing teams solution selling in the final mile space and driving growth
• Strong understanding of final mile cost drivers service levels and customer experience metrics
• Proven ability to grow revenue and manage complex customer relationships
• Experience selling to retailers manufacturers and e-commerce brands
• Excellent communication negotiation and presentation skills
• Proficiency with CRM tools (Salesforce preferred)
• Willingness to travel (3050%)

Preferred

• Experience with heavy bulky white-glove LTL or in-home delivery services preferably in Retail Healthcare or Technology sector
• Knowledge of furniture appliance delivery home improvement home furnishings or specialty retail delivery networks
• Experience managing regional or national accounts
• Familiarity with dedicated fleet and brokered final mile models

What Success Looks Like

• Achieving team targets tied to new business acquisition and growth from existing ground freight customer portfolio
• Strong sales management and focus on pipeline management and driving structured engagement with customers
• Good Employee Engagement
• High customer satisfaction and retention
• Successful onboarding and expansion of new customers
• Strong partnership with operations and customer success teams

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive base salary plus incentive compensation
• Performance-based bonuses
• Comprehensive benefits package (medical dental vision 401(k) PTO)
• Car allowance or mileage reimbursement (if applicable)
• Career growth opportunities within a growing logistics organization

Job Type:

Full Time

Salary:

$150000.00K - $190000.00

Car Allowance or Company car available

Annual Performance Bonus plan

Benefits:

Full time employees are eligible for Health Insurance Paid Time Off and 401k Match.

The above stated pay range is the anticipated starting salary range for this position. The Company may adjust this range in light of prevailing market conditions and other factors such as location. The Company will work directly with the selected candidate(s) on the final starting salary in accordance with all applicable laws.

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