Business Development Manager – Road Freight

Business Development Manager – Road Freight – £45K – £55K

Business Development Manager required for a family owned, multi site, multi Billion Pound Turnover business based in the South West.

The Freight Forwarder have multiple UK sites – this role will be covering the South West.

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

You manage your own diary, day and week !

The Package :

£45K – £55K

Generous bonus

Company Car or allowance

Mobile phone

Medical Insurance

Pension scheme

25 days holiday

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.

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 – external

Business 2 Business experience

Road Freight

Sales Hunter

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