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Mpeople Recruitment are currently seeking an experienced and passionate Business Development Manager (Logistics / Freight Industry) to cover the Yorkshire area, on behalf of our well-established and reputable client.
- Location: Field sales covering the Yorkshire region, including working from home and/or the Northern office base would be Rochdale.
- Hours of work: 8.30am – 5.30pm, Monday to Friday
- Salary / package: In the region of £50,000 per annum, plus bonus/commission paid quarterly. Plus company car or car allowance.
Duties will cover:
- Management and development of a defined customer portfolio
- Establishment and expansion of the strategic network with partners, associations, and other players
- Design and implementation of new strategies in marketing and sales
- Making forecasts of future trends and developments
- Knowledge transfer to the organization
- Monitoring and reporting
- Market and competitor analysis
- Presence at trade fairs and conferences
The desired qualifications, skill-set and experience:
- Commercial & financial acumen
- Influence and impact people across all levels in the Organisation.
- Effective communicator with individuals in all functions within the business written and oral
- Active listening skills
- Ability to manage teams
- Able to work under pressure where needed.
- Demonstrated sales success and knowledge of sales concepts, methods and techniques.
- Demonstrated success in developing sales plans, analysing profitability of prospects, and the ability to understand the competitive influences and risks associated with individual accounts.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills and the ability to persuade, influence, negotiate and make formal presentations in meetings and training environments.
- Good time management techniques
- Able to use MS office, PowerPoint, Excel and other PC applications.
- Proven “business-to-business” sales experience in the Freight Forwarding or Logistics industry
- Minimum of 2 years within a sales role
- Project Management skills and experience
Benefits:
- Employee Assistance Programme - helping you deal with personal problems that might adversely impact your work performance, health and wellbeing
- Employee discounts – with access from day one to a multitude of discounts for holidays, high street fashion, supermarkets, gym memberships, insurance, and so much more
- Pension – an efficient and flexible pension plan that you pay into based on your pensionable salary and your level of contribution. You also benefit from tax relief
- Health – free eye-tests and money off vouchers
- Life Assurance - Death In Service benefit
Please note that Mpeople Recruitment cannot always respond to all applicants due to the high volume of CV's received on a daily basis. Should you not receive a response within 5 working days please accept this as not been successful. Mpeople wish you all the best in your job search.
