As BDM at Ahlers , you will drive profitable growth across Central Asia as part of our international commercial team. Ahlers develops integrated supply-chain solutions covering transport, customs, trade facilitation, warehousing, distribution and other value-added services. You will identify customer needs, develop viable solutions and manage the sales process from prospecting and qualification to negotiation and implementation.
Key functional duties
- Work with the Western European and Asian Sales Managers and regional Commercial, Solution Design, Operations, Procurement and Finance teams.
- Build a focused list of target customers, industries and named opportunities.
- Build relationships with C-level, supply-chain, procurement and operational decision-makers.
- Understand customer needs and objectives through consultative selling.
- Translate customer needs into integrated solutions with Operations and Solution Design.
- Develop value propositions and business cases covering scope, customer value, revenue, gross margin and risk.
- Create, qualify and convert a healthy pipeline based on solution fit, decision access, value and conversion potential.
- Lead customer presentations, proposals and negotiations.
- Recommend pricing and margins based on cost, value, market position and Ahlers’ pricing policy.
- Keep CRM opportunities, next steps and forecasts accurate.
- Ensure a structured handover to Operations and support implementation.
Key deliverables
- Achieve revenue and gross-margin targets.
- Deliver sustainable, profitable new-business growth.
- Convert and implement strategic opportunities.
- Maintain a qualified pipeline with sufficient target coverage.
- Provide accurate sales forecasts.
Key competencies
- At least 10 years of B2B sales or business-development experience, preferably in logistics, supply chain, customs, trade facilitation or warehousing.
- Proven consultative and solution-selling experience with multiple stakeholders.
- Ability to turn customer needs into integrated, commercially viable solutions.
- Strong qualification, prospecting and new-business-development skills.
- Sound commercial and financial understanding, including revenue, gross margin and business cases.
- Credibility with C-level and senior supply-chain, procurement and operational stakeholders.
- Strong presentation, negotiation, value-based pricing and closing skills.
- Structured and disciplined pipeline and forecast management.
- Advanced English; regional languages are an advantage.
- CRM experience is an advantage.
- Willingness to travel when required.
Ahlers offers
- A competitive salary package
- A professional, entrepreneurial and international environment.
- The opportunity to develop meaningful supply-chain solutions beyond transactional transport.
- Access to specialists in Operations, Solution Design, Procurement and Finance.
- Ownership, a stable long-term perspective and a committed team.
- A role where your initiative and results directly support Ahlers’ growth.