Business Development Manager - Freight

We now have an exciting opportunity for a Freight Forwarding Business Development Manager working for a worldwide freight forwarding company covering the South of the UK
Working remotely, you will sell air and sea freight services covering down from the midlands and all areas of the South of the UK
With over 70 partner offices, 200 agents covering 5 continents, we offer local expertise with global experience catering to each customer''s specific transportation and logistics needs.

Key Responsibilities:
* Generate new business by cold calling prospective customers.
* Generate new sales leads and revenue.
* Meet with clients face to face, over the phone / Teams etc.
* Build / develop relationships with clients
* Achieve set targets
* Complete all work on time and to schedule including a weekly pipeline
* Participating in the organisation of corporate events
* Understand calculating costs when tailoring customer rates
* Liaising regularly with operations and customer service team.

Position Requirements
* Proven experience in selling multi modal, but mainly Air, Sea freight services nationally to global clients
* Proven track record of sales figures with small to medium companies
* interpersonal skills for building and developing relationships with clients
* A flexible approach to work with the ability to adapt to a fast-paced, ever-changing environment
* initiative and the confidence to start things from scratch.
* Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint
* Computer Literate
* Awareness of opportunities to enable sales and revenue to be optimised.

Salary and Benefits
* Salary - Circa -50,000 to -65,000 this however open and Negotiable DOE
* Excellent Commission Structure and paid on life of accounts
* Car allowance
* Pension
* Private Healthcare
* Mobile provided
* Laptop Provided