Overview
With a sales career at Kuehne+Nagel, you'll drive long‑term business success by mastering sales strategies, nurturing customer relationships and identifying new opportunities. But you will also bring relief and peace of mind to pet owners around the world. Because when you do your job, your colleagues around the world are able to build reliable veterinary supply chains that ensure pets get the care they need. At Kuehne+Nagel, our work is about more than we imagine.
Join a high‑performing national sales force and play a key role in driving our Sea Logistics growth across the UK.
We are looking for a motivated and commercially driven National Telesales Specialist to help expand our customer base, strengthen relationships, and support the continued success of our UK Sea Logistics organisation. In this role, you will focus on customer retention, development, and new business acquisition across defined business fields and transport modes — ensuring our customers receive excellent service and a seamless experience interacting with Kuehne+Nagel.
Your Role
As part of the National VT‑E function, you will contribute directly to revenue and portfolio growth by identifying new export opportunities, nurturing existing customers, and coordinating closely with internal teams. You will act as a key connector between customers and our internal stakeholders, ensuring smooth onboarding, effective communication, and the promotion of our Sea and Air Logistics solutions. This is a dynamic and target‑driven role where your sales ability, product knowledge, and relationship‑building skills will shine.
How you create impact
* Generate new export business opportunities with a focus on the SME sector.
* Conduct cold calls and onboarding calls with new customers to support growth and quality agreements.
* Create and follow up on quotations, proposals and presentations using KN tools.
* Take pricing decisions in alignment with Trade teams.
* Analyse customer needs and identify actions to secure business growth.
* Promote KN digital/online solutions to strengthen customer retention and loyalty.
* Maintain accurate CRM records of all sales activities, opportunities and customer contacts.
* Collaborate closely with internal departments to resolve customer requirements and support development.
What we would like you to bring
* Experience in a similar telesales/inside‑sales role with proven sales success.
* Strong communication skills and customer‑oriented approach.
* Knowledge of sales processes, customer retention and customer care.
* Advanced skills using MS Office, CRM systems and relevant digital tools.
* Strong commercial, analytical and entrepreneurial mindset.
* Experience managing customer portfolios and building pipelines.
* Ability to create compelling value propositions and influence decisions.
* Resilient, self‑driven, well‑organised and effective at managing time.
What's in it for you
This role offers the opportunity to become a key contributor to our national Sea Logistics growth. You’ll work with supportive teams, gain exposure across multiple business units, and help shape the commercial success of your customer portfolio. You will also benefit from ongoing development opportunities, internal networking and the ability to grow your career within a global logistics leader.
Who we are
Logistics shapes everyday life - from the goods we consume to the healthcare we rely on. At Kuehne+Nagel, your work goes beyond logistics; it enables both ordinary and special moments in the lives of people around the world.
As a global leader with a strong heritage and a vision to move the world forward, we offer a safe, stable environment where your career can make a real difference. Whether we help deliver life‑saving medicines, develop sustainable transportation solutions or support our local communities, your career will contribute to more than you can imagine.
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