Business Development Manager - Freight - £40K - £47K - London

Business Development Manager required for a Sunday Times top 250, family owned Freight Forwarder.

The Freight Forwarder have multiple UK sites - this role will be based from their specialist London Air Cargo facility in West London.

This Business Development Manager role would suit a talented freight sales professional with a solid grounding in Freight operations or a sales hunter with experience leading a small sales team.

You manage your own diary, day and week !

The Package :

Circa £40K - £47K

Uncapped bonus

Company Car or allowance

Mobile phone

Medical Insurance

Pension scheme - contributory aſter 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 quotatons 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 co-ordinated programme of targeted joint calls.

Responsible for current developments in the market and information on competitors.

Requirements:

Freight Forwarding sales experience - internal or external

Business 2 Business experience

Air Freight

Sea Freight

Sales Hunter or Sales Manager

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