Business Development Manager - Freight Forwarding

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Business Development Manager - Freight Forwarding Leeds £55,000 basic + bonus incentives</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Are you a commercially minded Business Development Manager with experience in freight forwarding? Looking for an opportunity to grow new business, build lasting client relationships and make a real impact within a growing logistics business?</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">We're looking for a driven BDM to help develop and expand a multimodal freight forwarding operation, with a particular focus on air and sea freight.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">What's on offer?</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">£55,000 basic salary (DOE)</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Bonus incentives</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">25 days' holiday plus bank holidays</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Company pension</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Free healthcare after 3 years' service, with basic cover from day one</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Free onsite parking</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Cycle to work scheme</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Ongoing development and genuine opportunities for progression within a growing business</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">The role</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Identify and develop new business opportunities across the freight forwarding market.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Build and maintain strong relationships with new and existing customers.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Drive sales growth, with a particular focus on air and sea freight services.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Develop multimodal freight opportunities, including road transport.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Identify customer</p>

<h5 class="fw-bold text-success mt-4 mb-3">requirements and deliver tailored logistics solutions.</h5>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Prepare and present proposals, negotiate rates and close new business.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Work closely with internal operations teams to ensure a smooth transition from sale to service delivery.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Monitor market trends, identify opportunities and contribute to the wider commercial strategy.</p>

<h5 class="fw-bold text-success mt-4 mb-3">About you</h5>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Previous experience in business development within freight forwarding or international logistics is essential.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">A strong understanding of air and sea freight, ideally alongside multimodal services.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">A proven ability to win new business and develop profitable customer relationships.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Confident negotiating rates and presenting logistics solutions to customers.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Commercially aware, proactive and motivated to achieve sales targets.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">A relationship builder who enjoys developing opportunities and seeing them through.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">This is an opportunity to join a growing business where you can use your industry knowledge and commercial skills to help drive the next stage of growth, with a competitive package and opportunities to develop your career.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Interested? Get in touch for a confidential conversation.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">WR Logistics are a leading recruitment partner for the logistics and supply chain industry, recruiting across the UK, Europe, and the USA for permanent opportunities.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">WR Logistics is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy</p>