Account Manager, Road Freight

Job Summary

Our client, a fast-growing Freight Forwarder, is currently seeking an Account Manager, Road Freight to join their expanding team.

The main duty of the Account Manager is to develop new import/export business for Road freight by using existing contacts and market knowledge.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for acquiring and retaining new customers for the company
• Generating new Road freight clients
• Onboarding new clients from existing contacts from within the group
• Become an expert user and master of the services to best understand the market
• Identify and qualify leads from internal and external sources with the support of insides sales & marketing
• Provide input to the design of companies go-to-market strategy and tactics in the area and globally.
• Visit new and existing clients both in the UK and internationally to sell and upsell services within the company’s niche market
• Attend annual sales conferences/training seminars and networking functions on a national and international basis

Requirements:

• Must have over 3 years of selling experience of freight forwarding services in the UK
• Road Freight experience
• A proven record of targeting, pursuing, and winning new clients.
• Our clients are looking for an enthusiastic, ambitions individual with long term expectations of this position and general business leadership
• The successful candidate will come from a B2B sales background in a shipping/logistics environment.

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