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Overview

The Director of Sales is a growth-oriented hunter responsible for building a sizeable new business pipeline while retaining and expanding an existing customer base. This role rewards tenacity, analytical thinking, and the ability to move fast in a competitive market.

Responsibilities

WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE ACROSS ALL LEVELS AT NFI

Regardless of level, every successful NFI sales professional demonstrates the following:

Hunter mentality — proactively pursues new logos rather than waiting for inbound opportunities

C-suite credibility — comfortable presenting and negotiating at the executive level

Supply chain fluency — deep understanding of 3PL solutions, warehousing, distribution, and transportation

Solution architecting — ability to analyze a prospect's business challenge and design a compelling response

Relentless follow-through — disciplined pipeline management, CRM hygiene, and closing tenacity

Collaborative spirit — partners with operations, engineering, and peers to deliver differentiated proposals

Professional presence — confident, organized, and well-prepared in every customer interaction

Respectful Challenger — building rapport internally and externally to help reframe how others see challenges

Emotional Intelligence — ability to self-regulate to help guide thinking, behaviors and relationships

Qualifications

Key Success Indicators:

Maintains an active pipeline consistently exceeding $20M

Executes $5M+ in annualized new business within the first 12–24 months

Develops competitive, customized proposals that win new logos

Manages account profitability with a businessperson's lens — knows which deals are worth pursuing

Builds regular cadence with existing customers, including for expansion of business reviews

Completes all CRM/Salesforce activity accurately and on time

Engages in community and vertical market events to expand pipeline

Experience & Education:

3–5 years of logistics industry sales experience

Demonstrated success prospecting and closing net new accounts

Bachelor's degree preferred

Competency & Requirement Matrix:

5+ years logistics sales experience

Bachelor's degree — Preferred

Active pipeline $20M+

New business development (hunting)

$5M+ annualized new business (year 1–2)

C-suite / executive selling

Complex solution proposal writing

Skillful contract negotiation

CRM proficiency (Salesforce)

Rate schedule development

Challenger Sales approach

Vertical market strategy

Customer profitability management

Willingness to travel 30–50%+

We are excited to share that the base salary range for this position is $150,000.00 – $175,000.00, based on the national average for the position. NFI takes into consideration applicants' qualifications, experience, education, and geographic location when determining a starting rate of pay.

Employees are also eligible for a robust benefit program, which includes Medical, Dental, Vision, Prescription Drug Coverage, 401k Plan, Wellness Program, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, and Paid Parental Leave, among other benefit plan options.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

LA County Applicants: The Company will consider qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with applicable state and local laws.

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