Macgregor Cavendish (UK) Ltd
Junior Business Development Manager – Freight Forwarding / Sea Freight
Office based in Earl Shilton
Salary: up to £30K Base plus Commission and Benefits
Our Client is a very well established Company importing into the UK from Asia via Sea and Air. The company has grown rapidly and now offers a range of logistics services across diverse industry sectors.
They are looking for bright individuals to join the team as a trainees, either from an Operational Freight background wishing to branch into Sales – or with a Sales background from another industry wishing to start a career in Sea Freight Sales.
What a fantastic opportunity !!
Our Client’s competitive pricing, customer service obsession and global network of highly respected and experienced partners allow them to consistently deliver cost-effective, efficient solutions that exceed expectations and add value to any supply chain.
Responsibilities
- Generate leads and cold call prospective customers
- Generate custom from sales pipeline.
- Meet with customers, over the phone / Teams etc.
- Build / develop relationships with clients
- Understand the needs of your clients and be able to respond effectively with a plan of how to meet/exceed these
- Have a strong understanding of the businesses' services and be able to advise others about them
Skills and Experience
To achieve all of that, you will be able to demonstrate and show evidence of:
- An excellent telephone manner for making initial contact and for ongoing communication with clients and business associates
- Minimum of 2 years Industry experience and/or 2 years sales experience (any Industry) – full training will be provided
- interpersonal skills for building and developing relationships with clients
- written and verbal communication skills – needed for communicating with a range of people, both internally and externally, as well as presentation skills
- IT skills, including the use of spreadsheets
- decision-making skills
- a flexible approach to work with the ability to adapt to a fast-paced, ever-changing environment
- initiative and the confidence to start things from scratch.
Personal abilities/skills
- Tenacity and drive to seek new business and meet or exceed targets
- Teamworking skills and a collaborative approach to work
- The ability to multitask and prioritise your workload
- The ability to motivate yourself and set your own goals
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