Sales Executive, Customs & Logistics
Location: Exeter, office based
Salary: Up to £35,000 DOE + uncapped commission
OTE: Circa £50,000
Benefits: 25 days holiday, enhanced pension, health insurance and life insurance
Are you working within customs, freight forwarding, logistics, transport or import/export and looking for a more commercial role?
This is an excellent opportunity for someone with sector knowledge who wants to move into sales and business development. You do not need to come from a traditional outbound sales background, although any sales, account management or customer-facing commercial experience would be useful.
What matters most is that you understand the customs and logistics world, communicate well, enjoy speaking with people and have the confidence to build relationships with businesses.
You’ll be based in the Exeter office, working alongside an established sales team. The role is focused on identifying new opportunities, building customer relationships and supporting planned business growth within the customs and international trade sector.
This role could suit someone currently working as a:
Customs Clerk
Customs Administrator
Customs Coordinator
Customs Processor
Senior Customs Processor
Freight Forwarding Coordinator
Import/Export Coordinator
Logistics Coordinator
Transport Administrator
Customer Service Executive within logistics, customs or freight forwarding Key Responsibilities
Identify and approach prospective customers
Support outbound business development activity
Build relationships with new and existing business contacts
Generate and qualify sales opportunities
Follow up with prospective customers
Attend meetings, networking events, trade shows and exhibitions
Deliver presentations and product demonstrations
Maintain CRM records and pipeline activity
Produce regular pipeline and activity reports
Work with internal teams to support a strong customer experience Essential Experience
Experience within customs, freight forwarding, logistics, transport or import/export
Strong communication and relationship-building skills
Commercial awareness and confidence speaking with customers
Good IT skills including CRM systems, Microsoft Office and email
Proactive, organised and self-motivated approach Beneficial Experience
Previous B2B sales, telesales, account management or outbound calling experience
Experience working towards targets or commercial objectives
Polish, Romanian, Bulgarian, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Estonian, Croatian, Serbian or Ukrainian language skills The Type of Person Who Will Do Well
You’ll be confident, personable and commercially curious. You’ll enjoy speaking with people, asking good questions and building relationships. You’ll be positive, resilient and motivated by the opportunity to develop into a more sales-focused role.
This is a great opportunity for someone who already understands customs, logistics or international trade and wants to build a long-term commercial career within the sector.
Apply today to find out more.
Pivotal Recruit, a brand of Pivotal Partnerships Ltd, is acting as an Employment Agency for this vacancy on behalf of their client