Business Development Executive - Freight Forwarding / Sea Freight

Fareham Office based

Salary up to C: £35K to £40K Base (depending on Experience) Plus excellent Commission !

Responsibilities

• Generate leads and cold call prospective customers (create a sales pipeline)
• Generate custom from said pipeline.
• Speak to Clients over the phone / Teams etc.
• Build / develop relationships with clients
• Understand the needs of your clients and be able to respond effectively with a plan of how to meet/exceed these
• Have a good understanding of the businesses' services and be able to advise others about them

What You'll need to Succeed

To achieve all of that, you will be able to demonstrate and show evidence of:

• Minimum of 2 years industry experience, and/or 2 years sales experience (any industry) - full training will be provided.
• An excellent telephone manner for making initial contact and for ongoing communication with clients and business associates.
• interpersonal skills for building and developing relationships with clients
• Written and verbal communication skills - needed for communicating with a range of people, both internally and externally, as well as presentation skills
• IT skills, including the use of spreadsheets
• Decision-making skills
• A flexible approach to work with the ability to adapt to a fast-paced, ever-changing environment
• initiative and the confidence to start things from scratch.

Personal abilities/skills

• Tenacity and drive to seek new business and meet or exceed targets
• Teamworking skills and a collaborative approach to work
• The ability to multitask and prioritise your workload
• The ability to motivate yourself and set your own goals

Apply Vicky