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Business Developer II - Tech, Amazon Freight

Amazon.com Inc
  • Nashville, TN
    18 days ago

    Job Description

    Amazon Freight is hiring a Business Developer to acquire and launch new Mid-Market customers across our full truckload and less-than-truckload services. You will own the sales cycle from prospecting and discovery through pricing, contracting, and first shipment.

    This role is for a seller who creates opportunities rather than waits for inbound demand. You will engage brokers and direct shippers, understand their transportation networks, and build solutions that address service, coverage, and cost. You will work across Pricing, Product, Operations, Shipper Support, Credit, and Finance to remove launch barriers and develop profitable, recurring business.

    The right candidate combines disciplined prospecting, customer judgment, data-driven prioritization, and strong follow-through. You will help shape how Amazon Freight reaches Mid-Market customers while developing new accounts into recurring shippers.

    Key job responsibilities

    • Build and manage a pipeline of qualified Mid-Market prospects across broker and direct-shipper channels.
    • Conduct outbound prospecting through phone, email, referrals, industry relationships, and market research.
    • Own customer discovery, including freight profile, lane needs, service requirements, buying process, and decision criteria.
    • Develop proposals with Pricing and partner teams, negotiate commercial terms, and close new business.
    • Coordinate contracting, credit review, onboarding, and launch, with clear ownership through the first shipments.
    • Maintain accurate CRM records, pipeline stages, forecasts, and next actions.
    • Use data to prioritize opportunities, diagnose conversion gaps, and improve sales performance.
    • Represent customer needs to Product, Operations, and Shipper Support and resolve barriers that prevent adoption.
    • Deliver goals for activated customers, recurring shipping volume, revenue, and profitable growth.

    A day in the life

    A typical day includes outbound prospecting, customer discovery calls, pipeline inspection, pricing reviews, proposal development, and launch coordination. You will spend much of your time with brokers and direct shippers, then work with Pricing, Operations, Product, Shipper Support, Credit, and Finance to move qualified opportunities forward. You will use CRM and performance data to choose where to focus and maintain clear next steps on every opportunity.

    About the team

    Amazon Freight gives businesses access to Amazon's transportation network. The Mid-Market Sales team acquires and grows brokers and direct shippers. We work quickly, inspect the details, and expect clear ownership of customer outcomes. The team values direct communication, disciplined execution, and decisions supported by data. This role is based in Chicago or Nashville and works closely with partners across Amazon Freight.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationNashville, TN
    IndustryRetail
    Company Size10,000 employees or more
    Year Founded1994
    Websitehttp://Amazon.com/militaryroles

    About Company

    At Amazon, we don’t wait for the next big idea to present itself. We envision the shape of impossible things and then we boldly make them reality. So far, this mindset has helped us achieve some incredible things. Let’s build new systems, challenge the status quo, and design the world we want to live in. We believe the work you do here will be the best work of your life.

    Wherever you are in your career exploration, Amazon likely has an opportunity for you. Our research scientists and engineers shape the future of natural language understanding with Alexa. Fulfillment center associates around the globe send customer orders from our warehouses to doorsteps. Product managers set feature requirements, strategy, and marketing messages for brand new customer experiences. And as we grow, we’ll add jobs that haven’t been invented yet.

    It’s Always Day 1
    At Amazon, it’s always “Day 1.” Now, what does this mean and why does it matter? It means that our approach remains the same as it was on Amazon’s very first day – to make smart, fast decisions, stay nimble, invent, and stay focused on delighting our customers. In our 2016 shareholder letter, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos shared his thoughts on how to keep up a Day 1 company mindset. “Staying in Day 1 requires you to experiment patiently, accept failures, plant seeds, protect saplings, and double down when you see customer delight,” he wrote. “A customer-obsessed culture best creates the conditions where all of that can happen.” You can read the full letter here

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    Skills

    • Brokerageunmatched
    • Business Developmentunmatched
    • Cargo/Freightunmatched
    • Contract Managementunmatched
    • Contract Reviewunmatched
    • Credit Analysisunmatched
    • Customer Relationship Management (CRM)unmatched
    • Develop and Maintain Customersunmatched
    • Establish Prioritiesunmatched
    • Financeunmatched
    • Follow Throughunmatched
    • Forecastingunmatched
    • Identify Issuesunmatched
    • Less Than Truckload (LTL)unmatched
    • Market Researchunmatched
    • Negotiation Skillsunmatched
    • Onboardingunmatched
    • Operational Supportunmatched
    • Performance Managementunmatched
    • Pricingunmatched
    • Product Pricingunmatched
    • Product Shipmentsunmatched
    • Product Supportunmatched
    • Proposal Developmentunmatched
    • Record Keepingunmatched
    • Revenue Growthunmatched
    • Salesunmatched
    • Sales Closing Skillsunmatched
    • Sales Cycleunmatched
    • Sales Pipelineunmatched
    • Sales Prospectingunmatched

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