Business Development Manager
Job ID: 4532 | Work Model: Full-Time | Contract Type: Permanent | Job Category: Sales / Key Account Management
Hours: Monday - Friday 0830-1730
Location: Manchester
Why work for DACHSER?
We’re a family-owned global logistics provider delivering over 83 million shipments a year, including everything from fashion, DIY, chemicals to medical equipment. Internationally, we are among the top 15 logistics providers in terms of sales revenue. We combine and integrate the world's most intelligent logistics network capabilities that keep the global economy running – today and tomorrow.
Tasks
- Management and development of a defined customer portfolio
- Establishment and expansion of the strategic network with partners, associations, and other players
- Design and implementation of new strategies in marketing and sales
- Making forecasts of future trends and developments
- Knowledge transfer to the organization
- Monitoring and reporting
- Market and competitor analysis
- Presence at trade fairs and conferences
Qualifications
- Commercial & financial acumen
- influence and impact people across all levels in the Organisation.
- Effective communicator with individuals in all functions within the business written and oral
- Active listening skills
- Ability to manage teams
- Able to work under pressure where needed.
- Demonstrated sales success and knowledge of sales concepts, methods and techniques.
- Demonstrated success in developing sales plans, analysing profitability of prospects, and the ability to understand the competitive influences and risks associated with individual accounts.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills and the ability to persuade, influence, negotiate and make formal presentations in meetings and training environments.
- Good time management techniques
- Able to use MS office, PowerPoint, Excel and other PC applications.
- Proven “business-to-business” sales experience in the Freight Forwarding or Logistics industry
- Minimum of 2 years within a sales role
- Project Management skills and experience
Benefits
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Employee Assistance Programme - helping you deal with personal problems that might adversely impact your work performance, health and wellbeing
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Employee discounts – with access from day one to a multitude of discounts for holidays, high street fashion, supermarkets, gym memberships, insurance, and so much more
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Pension – an efficient and flexible pension plan that you pay into based on your pensionable salary and your level of contribution. You also benefit from tax relief
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Health – we offer free eye-tests and money off vouchers
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Life Assurance - Death In Service benefit
Georgia Langley
Rochdale, Rochdale Logistics Centre, DACHSER Ltd.
At DACHSER, all people are welcome. Diversity and equal opportunities are an integral part of our corporate culture. We see the uniqueness of each individual, and thus the diversity of our teams, as the driving force behind our daily work and innovations – because: Logistics is People Business. We look forward to meeting you.