Business Development Manager
| Area | Heathrow, UK |
| Sector | Sales |
| Salary | 40000 - 60000 Pounds Sterling |
| Start Date | ASAP |
| Advertiser | Sue Stone |
| Job Ref | 09526 |
- Description
- We are working with a medium sized forwarder who have an exciting opportunity for a Business Development Manager.
Reporting to the UK Sales Director, Business Development Manager is responsible for managing Business Development for all Industry Verticals within a designated territory. They are responsible for promoting a portfolio of products which are included within the freight forwarding and logistics industry targeting and building a pipeline based around new business opportunities within the branch network.
Role Involves:
·Seek a variety of new business opportunities within all industry Verticals.
·Generate and qualify new business opportunities.
·Ensure sales activity and process are in line with GDP diligence and compliance.
·Provide first class customer service to deliver on customer solutions.
·Implement sales strategies to develop short term and long-term target accounts.
·Meet and exceed company standards expectations in relation to call rate and pipeline expectations.
·Ensure new business sales targets including revenue and gross profit are exceeded.
·Complete daily reporting on the Customer Relationship Management Systems and providing data to support sales activity.
·Work collaboratively across the business to maximize sales opportunities.
·Deliver on client satisfaction and service excellence.
·Work with telesales team and marketing team to identify and interpret trends and opportunities to constantly deliver success.
Experience required.
·Sound experience with a successful track record of Business Development within the freight forwarding and logistics service.
·Competent to liaise at Customer board level.
·Sound experience of generating new business opportunities and relationship management.
·Demonstrable success in achieving and exceeding new business sales targets.
·Experience of reporting processes.
·Experience of implementing new ideas and solutions to drive results of sales function.
·Sound experience of negotiating skills and firm understanding of the sales cycle.
·Good presentation skills.
·Excellent negotiation skills.
·Result driven and outcome focused.
·Computer Literate including Excel, PowerPoint and Word.
Monday to Friday
Salary depends on experience.
Car allowance and commission which will be discussed at interview.
Please forward CVs to sue.stone@firstchoiceuk.com
·If you have not heard from us within 7 days then your application has been unsuccessful.
