Job Description

Business Development Manager \xe2\x80\x93 Air Freight \xe2\x80\x93 \xc2\xa330K \xe2\x80\x93 \xc2\xa340K \xe2\x80\x93 Manchester

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

The Freight Forwarder have multiple UK sites \xe2\x80\x93 this role will be based from Manchester

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.

You manage your own diary, day and week !

The Package :

Circa \xc2\xa330K \xe2\x80\x93 \xc2\xa340K

Uncapped bonus

Company Car or allowance

Mobile phone

Medical Insurance

Pension scheme \xe2\x80\x93 contributory a\xef\xac\x85er 1 year service.

28 days holiday including bank holidays (increases annually)

The Role:

To develop and maintain e\xef\xac\x80ective business relationships with new and existing clients.

To undertake presentations for long-term business, produce and present tenders and quotatons for business.

To o\xef\xac\x80er 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 pro\xef\xac\x81t.

To build and maintain e\xef\xac\x80ective 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 sta\xef\xac\x80 in order that all relevant administration can be completed e\xef\xac\x83ciently.

Work with Line Managers to promote speci\xef\xac\x81c 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 \xe2\x80\x93 internal or external

Business 2 Business experience

Air Freight ESSENTIAL

Sea Freight CONSIDERED

Strong Operational background in Air Freight and the desire for sales also considered.

All Sales considered

WR Transport & Logistics are the #1 recruitment partner for transport jobs and logistics jobs. We recruit UK wide for permanent and contract jobs.

WR is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

JOB OVERVIEW.

Location Manchester

Job titleSales Executive \xe2\x80\x93 Freight

Salary \xc2\xa330000 - \xc2\xa340000

Consultant Tom Nichols

Consultant Phone 023 9284 1887

Consultant Email tomn@wr-logistics.com

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