Business Development Manager
Business Development Manager
Cold Chain & Perishables
Help Shape the Future of Temperature-Controlled Logistics
Are you passionate about winning new business, building strategic partnerships, and delivering innovative supply chain solutions?
We're partnering with a leading player in the logistics industry to recruit a Business Development Manager focused on the rapidly growing Cold Chain & Perishables market across Belgium.
This is an opportunity to join a business at the forefront of temperature-controlled logistics, supporting customers across food, fresh produce, FMCG, retail, pharmaceutical, and healthcare sectors. You'll have the autonomy to drive growth, open new doors, and make a real impact in a high-growth market where customer relationships and commercial expertise are key.
What You'll Be Doing
- Identify and secure new business opportunities across Belgium within the cold chain and perishables sector.
- Build long-term partnerships with customers operating in food, fresh produce, FMCG, retail, pharmaceutical, and healthcare markets.
- Understand customer supply chain challenges and create tailored logistics and warehousing solutions.
- Manage the full sales cycle from initial prospecting through to negotiation, implementation, and account growth.
- Work closely with operations and solutions teams to design innovative, customer-centric proposals.
- Develop and execute strategic sales plans to exceed growth targets.
- Act as a trusted advisor, helping customers optimise their temperature-controlled supply chains.
What We're Looking For
- Proven success in a Business Development, Sales, or Commercial role within logistics, contract logistics, warehousing, freight forwarding, or supply chain solutions.
- Experience within cold storage, cold chain logistics, perishables, food logistics, pharma, healthcare, or temperature-controlled environments.
- Strong network within the Belgian logistics market is highly advantageous.
- Track record of winning new business and developing key customer relationships.
- Commercially driven, entrepreneurial mindset with a true hunter mentality.
- Fluent in English, with Dutch and/or French considered a strong advantage.
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