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 companys 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
Requirements
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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