Bis Henderson Recruitment
Senior BDM - International Courier
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Location: Slough
Salary: £50K + car allowance + commission
Summary:
A leading international courier is looking to appoint a Business Development Manager, reporting directly to the Sales Manager and will play a pivotal role in expanding/strengthening our market presence in London and the surrounding regions. You'll work in an office environment but will travel during the day for face-to-face meetings with customers and other business partners or to attend conferences, exhibitions or trade shows.
Key Responsibilities:
- Research and identify new business opportunities - including new markets, growth areas, trends, customers, partnerships, products and services - or new ways of reaching existing markets.
- Take ownership of the end-to-end sales process, from lead generation to closing the sale.
- Meet with customers face-to-face or on Teams.
- Understand the needs of your customers and be able to respond effectively with a plan of how to meet these.
- Lead on and support bid-writing and contracts where appropriate.
- Have a good understanding of the businesses' products or services and be able to advise others about them.
- Liaise with all departments, including operations and finance to on-board customers.
- Attend seminars, conferences and events to build your business's network and profile.
- Help to plan sales campaigns.
- Create a sales pipeline.
- Negotiate pricing with customers, and suppliers in some cases.
- Support the Sales and Marketing strategy.
- Develop a good understanding of our competitors, industry trends and industry commercials.
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Key Skills / Experience
- Commercial awareness.
- Tenacity and drive to seek new business and meet or exceed targets.
- Interpersonal and networking skills for building and developing relationships with customers.
- A creative approach to work and seeking out new opportunities.
- Written and verbal communication skills - needed for communicating with a range of people, both internally and externally, as well as presentation skills.
- IT skills, including the use of spreadsheets and our CRM system.
- Teamworking skills and a collaborative approach to work.
- Decision-making and critical thinking skills.
- The ability to motivate yourself and set your own goals.
- Negotiating skills.
- A flexible approach to work with the ability to adapt to a fast-paced, ever-changing environment.
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All applicants must have an unrestricted right to work in the UK as our client will not support visa sponsorship for this role.
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