About the Role
<p><b>Do you have experience in freight forwarding sales, logistics solutions, or eCommerce fulfilment? Are you commercially driven, highly organised, and motivated by building customer relationships and generating new business opportunities?</b></p>
<p>Our client is looking for a proactive and customer-focused Freight Forwarding Sales Manager to join their Freight Forwarding and eCommerce Logistics team.</p>
<p>This role will play a key part in driving business growth across freight forwarding, customs, fulfilment, and warehousing services by developing new sales opportunities, managing customer relationships, and supporting long-term commercial success.</p>
<p>Working closely with Operations, Client Services, and the wider commercial team, you will help deliver tailored logistics solutions across air, sea, road freight, customs brokerage, and fulfilment services.</p>
<p><b>Your key responsibilities will be to:</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Source and develop new business opportunities through proactive sales activity and collaboration with Operations teams.</li>
<li>Build and manage a structured sales pipeline using CRM systems.</li>
<li>Arrange meetings and calls with prospective customers to understand their logistics requirements and provide tailored solutions.</li>
<li>Support the preparation and presentation of competitive multimodal pricing solutions.</li>
<li>Build and maintain strong relationships with prospective and existing customers.</li>
<li>Support customer retention and identify opportunities to grow existing accounts.</li>
<li>Act as a key point of contact for customer enquiries and quotations across Air, Ocean, EU Road, Brokerage, Fulfilment and Warehousing services.</li>
<li>Contribute to commercial growth strategies focused on profitability and customer service.</li>
<li>Support marketing and networking activity including LinkedIn engagement and trade events.</li>
<li>Prepare sales reports and pipeline updates for the Commercial Director.</li>
<li>Build relationships with third-party suppliers and service providers to support competitive solutions.</li>
<li>Support achievement of agreed sales targets and business objectives.</li>
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<p><b>The ideal candidate will have:</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Previous experience within freight forwarding, logistics, supply chain, or internal sales roles.</li>
<li>Strong understanding of multimodal freight services including air, sea, and road freight.</li>
<li>Experience managing sales pipelines, quotations, and CRM systems.</li>
<li>Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.</li>
<li>Strong commercial awareness and customer-focused approach.</li>
<li>Ability to work collaboratively across sales, operations, and customer service teams.</li>
<li>Good organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.</li>
<li>Experience within eCommerce, FBA fulfilment, customs, or warehousing environments would be beneficial.</li>
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<p>If you are interested and believe you have the appropriate skills and experience, our client would love to hear from you. Please apply today.</p>
<p><b>Please note that this vacancy may close early if they receive a high volume of applications. They encourage interested applicants to submit their application promptly to avoid disappointment.</b></p>
<p><b>Benefits:</b></p>
<ul>
<li>25 holiday days per year plus 8 statutory days, increasing to 26 days after two years’ service and 27 days after four years’ service.</li>
<li>Membership of the Company Group Life Assurance Scheme which is currently three times annual salary.</li>
<li>The Company operates a Group Personal Pension Plan which complies with current Workplace Pension legislation.</li>
<li>Enrolment into the Health Shield Cash Plan after successful completion of probation period.</li>
<li>Free on-site car parking.</li>
<li>Length of service awards.</li>
<li>Enhanced maternity / paternity pay with qualifying service.</li>
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<p>Click apply and you will be taken to our client’s career page to complete your application.</p>