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Business Development Manager (Logistics)

ALH Recruitment Ltd
Posted a day ago, valid for 3 days
Location

Peterborough, Cambridgeshire PE7 3HH, England

Contract type

Full Time

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  • The Business Development Manager (Logistics) position in Peterborough offers an attractive salary package and is seeking candidates with a proven sales background.
  • Ideal applicants should possess a natural charisma and a passion for logistics, with a focus on commercial growth and customer relationship building.
  • The role involves identifying new sales opportunities, engaging with customers, and converting leads into orders through strong market knowledge.
  • Candidates should have experience in proactive sales methods and be comfortable using CRM systems to track customer interactions.
  • The position requires a strategic mindset, ambition to achieve targets, and a minimum of 3-5 years of experience in a sales role within the logistics industry.

Business Development Manager (Logistics) - Peterborough - Attractive package

ALH Recruitment are looking to recruit a BMD / Sales Executive for our leading client in the Logistics Industry, based in Peterborough.

Are you a natural-born salesperson with a magnetic charisma and a passion for logistics that’s impossible to ignore? Do you thrive on shaking things up and standing out from the crowd? Our client is on the lookout for a Logistics Sales Executive who’s not just looking for a job — but a platform to redefine the industry.

This is more than your standard sales role — it’s your opportunity to take centre stage in transforming how logistics, distribution, and storage solutions are delivered across the market. We want someone who eats, sleeps, and breathes commercial growth, has a flair for building genuine customer relationships, and brings an unstoppable drive to uncover and convert new opportunities daily.

If you’ve got the strategic mindset of a hunter, the heart of a customer champion, and the ambition to smash targets while bringing fresh energy into the room — we want to hear from you.

Responsibilities

  • Identify new sales opportunities by way of proactive sales methods
  • Target new customers daily that you have identified through analysing market opportunities.
  • Engage in proposal activities through site visits, phone calls and emails, proposing solutions/services such as transportation, warehouse storage and fulfilment.
  • Create quotations and convert into orders through strong market knowledge and regular customer contact.
  • Enter all information on the CRM system, recording notes and maintaining your priority pipeline.
  • Establish and maintain strong relationships with existing customers, ensuring retention through exceptional customer service and account management
  • Answer incoming sales calls and enquiries from both new and existing customers, taking orders to pass through to operations.
  • Work collaboratively with internal operations departments to provide a best-in-class journey for all customers.
  • Feedback validated KPI statistics and pipeline information to management on a weekly basis.
  • Identify cross-selling opportunities and gather further information on enquiries.
  • Gather information on competitor activities, major projects and market conditions.

If you feel you have the skills and experience to step into this exciting Logistics BDM / Sales Executive, please apply below:

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.