Senior Business Development Manager - Multimodal Freight Forwarding

We have been engaged by a growing, successful, major UK Freight Forwarder with multiple international offices.

Read the overview of this opportunity to understand what skills, including and relevant soft skills and software package proficiencies, are required.

Salary is based on experience but you can expect anywhere between £50 - £70k base, plus car allowance, plus excellent commission.

We want the superstars. We need you to have proven and extensive experience in multimodal global freight forwarding sales and business development, be able to hit the ground running and bring in real revenue, with solid GP. If you have moved from job to job and not had consistency, this is not right for you.

Ideally you will have proven sales figures of £1m+ turnover per annum, at a GP margin of at least 15%, and will have been consistent with those numbers for 3 years or more in the same company.

In return, you will join a major company on the brink of huge growth, with excellent support from operations, pricing and delivery. You will be part of a fantastic team with unified goals, and great career prospects.

The ideal candidate will lead initiatives to generate and engage with business partners to build new business for the company. This candidate will strategically plan their approach to clients and offer compelling solutions to cater for client's needs. xwzovoh They are responsible for maintaining and developing relationships in order to meet sales goals.

Responsibilities
Identify partnership opportunities
Develop new relationships in an effort to grow business and aid expansion effort
Maintain existing business
Plan strategically to assure project success

Qualifications
6+ years' of multimodal Freight Forwarding business development experience
Solid financials and the desire to build major new business
Strong communication and interpersonal skills
Strong knowledge of successful marketing strategies
Focused and goal-oriented