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Freightserve recruitment are looking for a Regional Freight Sales Manager for a well established Freight Forwarder based in the Glasgow area.
Objective / Purpose of the Job:-
To generate sales to achieve agreed targets, by introducing new customers, whilst maintaining and developing the existing client base. Visiting Customers on a regular basis.
Key Activities / Accountabilities:-
- To generate and follow up sales leads, visiting potential and existing customers to obtain new business at reasonable profit.
- To develop and maintain effective business relationships with new and existing clients.
- To offer a high standard of customer service to customers, by demonstrating a professional, helpful and positive manner, taking responsibility to ensure that work passed onto others is of high quality.
- To undertake presentations, produce and present tenders and proposals for new business and provide quotations as required.
- Build relationships
- Sales visits to generate business.
- To monitor and report on current developments in the market and information on competitors.
- To demonstrate effective time management, through efficient use of time and resources and well organised route planning.
- To build and maintain effective working relationships
- Responsible for using in-house system to record all required information, and for ensuring that all other documentation, records and systems are accurate and kept up to date.
- To prepare and present information for the management team as required, including the submission of weekly and monthly sales reports.
Requirements:-
§ Freight experience§ Motivated, self starter§ Strong communication, organisational and time management skills§ Be hands-on with a strong work ethic.§ Target orientated.§ To demonstrate a positive attitude, with the willingness to learn and an optimistic outlook.
Basic salary depends on experience, plus commission and profit related pay bonus on top of the commission.
As an agency we are fast becoming the number one Freight specialist in the UK. We have a fast growing reputation with most Freight related companies. Freightserve has been established since 1992 working within the Freight Forwarding and Shipping industry.
