Freight Sales / Business Development Manager

Freightserve recruitment are looking for a Freight Sales Executive / Business Development Manager for a well established Freight Forwarder based in the Newcastle, N35 area.

Objective / Purpose of the Job:-

To generate sales to achieve agreed targets, by introducing new customers, whilst maintaining and developing the existing client base. Visiting Customers on a regular basis.

Key Activities / Accountabilities:-

• To generate and follow up sales leads, visiting potential and existing customers to obtain new business at reasonable profit.
• To develop and maintain effective business relationships with new and existing clients.
• To offer a high standard of customer service to customers, by demonstrating a professional, helpful and positive manner, taking responsibility to ensure that work passed onto others is of high quality.
• To undertake presentations, produce and present tenders and proposals for new business and provide quotations as required.
• Build relationships
• Sales visits to generate business.
• To monitor and report on current developments in the market and information on competitors.
• To demonstrate effective time management, through efficient use of time and resources and well organised route planning.
• To build and maintain effective working relationships
• Responsible for using in-house system to record all required information, and for ensuring that all other documentation, records and systems are accurate and kept up to date.
• To prepare and present information for the management team as required, including the submission of weekly and monthly sales reports.

Requirements:-

§ Freight experience
§ Motivated, self starter
§ Strong communication, organisational and time management skills
§ Be hands-on with a strong work ethic.
§ Target orientated.
§ To demonstrate a positive attitude, with the willingness to learn and an optimistic outlook.

Basic salary depends on experience, plus commission and profit related pay bonus on top of the commission.

Benefits include:-

• Up to 25 days holidays plus Bank Holidays
• Life Cover
• Bonus
• Pension scheme
• Private Healthcare

As an agency we are fast becoming the number one Freight specialist in the UK. We have a fast growing reputation with most Freight related companies. Freightserve has been established since 1992 working within the Freight Forwarding and Shipping industry.