Head of Loomis Americas

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Responsibility for P&L of Loomis International (LI) US & LATAM, with locations in New York, Miami, Los Angeles, Argentina, and Chile. 
• Experience with international networking, marketing, and freight forwarding
• Fluency in both English and Spanish is required
• Focus on the development of all product lines of LI on forwarding, transportation, and storage in the region
• Identify new regional opportunities by developing new markets for existing clients and other LI stations, as well as by developing new clients in those newly developed markets.
• Strong focus on setting up and managing the agent network for LI Americas
• Business development includes optimizing service set-up with existing or new service providers.
• Contact partners for other LI countries for operational, security, and pricing queries regarding destinations operated by agents of LI.
• Build up and maintain relationships with relevant suppliers (airlines, security, and forwarding agents).
• Perform security audits and implement and monitor agreed operational procedures with agents and other 3rd party providers to ensure security compliance.
• Management of certain projects as defined by Loomis International Corporate.
• Travel expectancy: 60-70%. 

Responsibility:

• Overall responsibility for the designated areas according to the job description, the Company guidelines, and instructions.

Competences:

• Management skills to negotiate services requested by customers and agents/partners
• Plan, work, and act independently to achieve the set targets
• Hands-on attitude, taking initiatives, acting, and thinking proactively during the performance of his/her duties.
• Demonstrates entrepreneurial thinking and action, strong sales skills, and experience as a senior salesperson.
• Display good customer service skills.
• Well organized in administering and documenting the projects or duties undertaken.