National Road Freight Sales Manager

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National Road Freight Sales Manager

Approx. basic £60k + Uncapped OTE + Car / Car allowance + Bens

Northampton base

Hours – 9am-5pm

Our client is an International 3PL who have now to expand in the UK across a growing number of sites. They offer a variety of Multi-modal Logistics & Freight services & we are delighted to partner them in their search for an experienced, senior Business Development Manager for their Road Freight division.

This client operates a business model that will allow you the freedom to be entrepreneurial in a professional but very much non-corporate culture.

Main Tasks and Responsibilities:

Operational

* Establish own leads and target via the internal tele-sales team and/or email campaigns.

* To support the Branch and General Manager in maintaining current customer accounts as well as procuring new customers. Ensuring that excellent customer service is always provided.

* Proactively contact new customers according to targets mutually set & agreed with line Manager.

* Actively sell and promote all the company’s services once contact has been made.

* Prepare any quotations as required by the customer and follow up as necessary.

* Maintain an up-to-date record of the above four requirements and submit to line manager in report form on a weekly basis.

* Proactive, professional & first-class customer service at all times.

Administration

* Using sales management system to input customer details and carry out sales tasks

* Sales Reporting using company software.

* Both searching for possible tenders and progressing with current tenders

People Management

• Working with the team to ensure that customer service is always maintained

• Communicate with all members of staff at all levels

Essential

• Proven experience in sales across road freight

• Good understanding of customer deliverables and the impact of failure / cost of poor quality

• Consistently manages the task in hand.

• Full UK driving license

This is a fantastic opportunity – we look forward to your application.

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