Sales Manager

Job Description

Job Role: Sales Manager
Salary: £40,000 - £60,000 DOE
Location: Hull
Hours: Full-time Monday - Friday

Axi Recruitment is working with a leading Transport, Warehousing and Distribution specialist who offer solutions across Europe. Our client is seeking a self-motived and pro-active Sales Manager to generate new sales leads and contacts. This role involves identifying and capitalising on new opportunities, nurturing customer relationships, enhancing profitability, and driving the growth.

Duties include but are not limited to:
Develop and formulate the sales strategy and achieve the revenue and profit goals set by the business
Develop business according to our sales strategy with a key focus on finding loads from UK-EU and new UK and European warehousing and distribution customers
Ensure existing accounts are maintained and developed
Leading negotiations with customers regarding price and service.
Expected to work closely with the operations and customer services team to ensure customer needs and expectations are met
Produce reports to Management on core-activities, including sales calls/meetings, tenders, outcomes, post contact analysis and reports

The Person:
3 years sales experience within Transport and Warehousing Industry
Previous experience working in road freight logistics, operating a fleet of both UK and European based vehicles
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Able to establish and build relationships
Strong negotiation and pricing skills
IT Literate with MS office packages such as Outlook, Excel and Word