Job Description
Business Development Manager - Shipping \n\nLocation: Southampton, UK\n\nSalary: £55,000 (DOE) + Bonus + Company Car\n\nWorking Hours: Monday to Friday - Manage your Own Diary\n\nAre you a results driven, sales hungry freight and logistics business development manager, looking for a new role in the Southampton area? This role could be right for you.\n\nMy client is offering a fantastic package to help develop their customer base in the Short-Sea, Ro/Ro and Deep Sea Shipping sectors. The right candidate will be an experienced and fully established sales-person who has worked previously for a UK based Freight Forwarder or Shipping Line, developing Short-Sea and or Deep-Sea Trade Lanes and have great knowledge and experience with UK, EU and International Markets.\n\nPackage Benefits:\n\n25 days holiday + Banks\nCompany Car\nWork Laptop and Phone\nVery Generous Pension Scheme\nFunded Health Care Package\nOpportunity for growth and development within the companyKey Responsibilities:\n\nTo develop and maintain effective business relationships with new and existing clients, offering excellent ocean freight forwarding services.\nTo generate and follow up sales leads, visiting potential and existing customers to obtain new business at reasonable profit.\nBe the forefront of the companies' development by promoting the business to new and existing clients.\nDevelop new and existing Short-Sea Lanes, Ro/Ro Trailer and Container Operations.Requirements:\n\nCustomer/Business/Route Development Manager Experience is Essential.\nExperience working for a UK based Freight Forwarder or Shipping Line.\nKnowledge and experience within Container, Shipping and Ro/Ro sales/operations is Essential.\nPrevious experience working with UK, EU and/or International Markets.\nHold a full, clean, UK driving licence.
\n\n#Route Development Manager, #Customer Development Manager, #Business Development Manager, #BDM, #Sales, #Account Management, #Ocean Freight, #Sea Freight, #Short-Sea, #Ro/Ro, #Freight Forwarding, #Shipping, #Logistics, #Field Sales\n\nWR Logistics are the #1 recruitment partner for all vacancies in the logistics industry. We recruit UK wide for permanent and contract jobs.\n\nWR is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy