Business Development Manager Sea Freight Bulk
As Business Development Manager at our client (sea freight), you are responsible for generating new business in the Benelux.
You report directly to the Field Sales Manager and you work closely together in a fun and close-knit team of specialists. In this team, everyone takes on their own role independently and we support and help each other in further developing the market. You will be warmly welcomed!
We work from a one-face-to-the-customer principle. So you are not only responsible for acquiring new customers, you also get the opportunity to strengthen and expand the bond with your customers.
Main areas of focus:
- Acquiring, managing and expanding customers.
- Mapping customer needs and linking them to the desired service/transport solution.
- Building a relationship of trust with your customer.
- Pricing
- Cross-selling.
- Maintaining a healthy pipeline and achieving sales targets and KPIs.
- Building an internal and external network, seeking cooperation within the internal organization.
- Ensuring optimal service provision.
This is you
You are extrovert, energetic, a natural optimist and you exude self-confidence. You enjoy acquiring customers and figuring out the right customer approach. You have experience in selling logistics and transport services in a competitive market. You can work independently as well as in a team.
Furthermore, you have:
- HBO work and thinking level.
- Relevant work experience in a comparable environment and knowledge of freight forwarding.
- Demonstrable sales successes.
- Excellent organizational skills and experience with CRM systems.
- Good communication and presentation skills.
- Good command of the Dutch and English language, both spoken and written.
This is what we offer:
- In addition, a substantial bonus of up to 30% of the gross annual salary.
- Excellent secondary conditions such as: lease car of your choice, laptop, telephone
- Home work allowance and a budget to set up your own workplace at home
- 25 vacation days and the possibility to buy up to a maximum of 39 days
- Good pension scheme
- The possibility to follow professional courses and training
- Extra benefits such as discounts on vacations, outings and products
- Good collective labor agreement provision collective labor agreement
- Good secondary employment conditions with a collective labor agreement ร la carte, in which you can put together a number of additional conditions as desired. Think of extra vacation days or a monthly supplement to your salary
- A sustainable and vitality employability budget, which can be spent freely on your personal development
- A close-knit and fun sales team and the opportunity to work at the most famous logistics organization in the world with growth opportunities.
Working at our client
Our client is the world's leading brand in logistics. Their divisions offer customers expertise in national and international express and parcel shipments, e-commerce and fulfillment services, air and ocean freight, road and rail transportation, and supply chain management. Our client is the specialist in fast and flexible transportation of goods and merchandise between all continents and is the market leader in air and ocean transportation.
As a global company, they see the diversity of their employees as a true strength. Their organization unites people from a wide range of cultural backgrounds - all with different skills, experiences and perspectives. They encourage an inclusive work environment based on mutual respect, openness, honesty, trust and collaboration to achieve the highest possible productivity, creativity and efficiency.
They believe that everyone at our client can contribute to their shared success. Everyone is different, together they are successful.
