Mpeople Recruitment are currently seeking an experienced and passionate Business Development Manager (Logistics / Freight Industry) to cover the Manchester area, on behalf of our well-established and reputable client.

* Location: Field sales covering the Manchester/Lancashire region, including working from home and/or the Northern office base would be Rochdale.

* Hours of work: 8.30am - 5.30pm, Monday to Friday

* Salary / package: In the region of £50,000 per annum, plus bonus/commission paid quarterly. Plus company car or car allowance.

Duties will cover:

* 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

The desired qualifications, skill-set and experience:

* 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:

* Employee Assistance Programme - helping you deal with personal problems that might adversely impact your work performance, health and wellbeing

* 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

* 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

* Health - free eye-tests and money off vouchers

* Life Assurance - Death In Service benefit

Please note that Mpeople Recruitment cannot always respond to all applicants due to the high volume of CV's received on a daily basis. Should you not receive a response within 5 working days please accept this as not been successful. Mpeople wish you all the best in your job search