Sales Executive, Customs and Logistics
Location : Exeter, office based
Salary : Up to GBP 35,000 DOE + uncapped commission
OTE : Circa GBP 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.