Business Development Manager

Overview

Business Development Manager – Freight – £30K – £45K – South

Business Development Manager required for a Sunday Times top 250, family owned Logistics company that recently celebrated their 250th year.

The Freight Forwarder have multiple UK sites – this role will be based from their specialist London Air Cargo facility in Heathrow and will cover the South up to London – Hampshire and Surrey.

This Business Development Manager role would suit a talented freight sales professional with a solid grounding in Air Freight operations or Air Freight internal sales looking for a step into external sales.

All modes of freight considered – Attitude and hunger is everything !

You manage your own diary, day and week !

The Package

• £30K – 50K
• Uncapped bonus
• Car Allowance
• Mobile phone
• Medical Insurance
• Pension scheme – contributory after 1 year service.
• 28 days holiday including bank holidays (increases annually)

The Role

• To develop and maintain effective business relationships with new and existing clients.
• To undertake presentations for long-term business, produce and present tenders and quotations for business.
• To offer a high standard of customer service to internal and external customers, by demonstrating a professional, helpful and positive manner.
• To generate and follow up sales leads, visiting potential and existing customers to obtain new business at reasonable profit.
• To build and maintain effective business relationships with overseas correspondents, exchanging information, undertaking joint business and supporting sales visits to and from them in order to develop sales.
• Provide accurate information to internal operations staff in order that all relevant administration can be completed efficiently.
• Work with Line Managers to promote specific markets and generate business, through a coordinated programme of targeted joint calls.
• Responsible for current developments in the market and information on competitors.
• Responsible for using the sales system to record all required information and for ensuring that all documentation, records and systems are accurate.

Requirements

• Freight Forwarding sales experience – internal or external
• Business 2 Business experience
• Strong Operational background in Freight and the desire for sales also considered.

#J-18808-Ljbffr…