Business Development Manager - Manchester, United Kingdom - Reed Procurement & Supply Chain

Reed Procurement & Supply Chain
Reed Procurement & Supply Chain
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Manchester, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Reed are currently seeking a Business Development Manager to join the team of one of our clients based in Manchester.


Key Responsibilities:

  • Generate cold call 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
  • Participate in the organisation of corporate events
  • Understand calculating costs when tailoring customer rates
  • Liaising regularly with operations and customer service team.
Business Development Manager Position Requirements

  • Minimum of 5 years' experience selling international Ocean / Airfreight
  • Experience in freight forwarding and warehouse 3pl
  • 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 fastpaced, everchanging 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.
Business Development Manager Position Remuneration

  • Salary
  • Negotiable DOE
  • Commission Structure
  • Car allowance
  • Mobile provided
  • Laptop Provided
Skills and Abilities

  • Time management skills are an essential.
  • Experience of working in a target driven environment.
  • IT Literature, MS office skills, PowerPoint experience essential
  • Product knowledge of different trade lanes and services, within the freight forwarding market
  • Proficiency with sales database.
  • Ability to work as part of a team, developing new product awareness where required.
  • Experience of freight / warehouse 3pl quotations and or proposals.
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