Business Development Manager, Freight Forwarding

Business Development Manager, Freight ForwardingCambridgeshire or the North West 50,000 to 65,000 base, plus an uncapped quarterly bonus and long term incentive on branch EBIT Genuine route to branch leadershipYou have built a book of business. You know exactly what it is worth to your employer, because you can see it in their numbers.The question is whether they will ever let you run anything.The organisationA freight forwarding business within an established, privately owned and profitable logistics group that has traded for well over a century. The group operates accredited warehousing, storage and United Kingdom distribution alongside the freight business. There is real customs expertise, competitive rates and strong carrier relationships in place. What it needs is opportunities coming through the door.The proposition you will be sellingThe group came from road freight and haulage, and it shows. A container can travel twelve thousand miles and lose money in the final fifty, and this business understands that better than most forwarders because that final leg is where it started.On time delivery is measured and reviewed every week, and where something runs late the cause is investigated and designed out rather than excused. Behind the freight sits accredited warehousing and United Kingdom distribution within the same group, so you can sell a genuine end to end solution rather than a rate. For a business developer who is tired of competing on price alone, that is a ..... full job details .....