About the Role
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<p style="color: #000000;font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 11px"><strong>Region:</strong> Manchester Reports to : Manchester office</p>
<p style="color: #000000;font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 11px">Are you a proven freight sales professional who knows how to open doors, win accounts, and build long-term commercial relationships?<br />Do you thrive in a role where <strong>performance is rewarded properly</strong> and autonomy is genuinely respected?</p>
<p style="color: #000000;font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 11px">This is an opportunity to join a <strong>well-established, financially stable, and highly respected UK freight operator</strong> offering true multi-modal capability across road, sea, and air.</p>
<h3 style="color: #000000;font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The Role</h3>
<p style="color: #000000;font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 11px">You’ll be responsible for identifying, developing, and securing new business opportunities across your chosen region, selling a full suite of multi-modal logistics solutions to SMEs and larger enterprise customers.</p>
<p>You will then become their dedicated account manager – servicing their operational needs with the support of an ops team. </p>
<p style="color: #000000;font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 11px"><strong>Key responsibilities include:</strong></p>
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<p>Proactively identifying and winning new business opportunities</p>
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<p>Developing tailored logistics solutions across road, sea & air freight</p>
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<p>Building strong, long-term client relationships</p>
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<p>Managing the full sales cycle from prospecting to handover</p>
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<p>Working closely with internal operations and pricing teams</p>
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<p>Maintaining accurate CRM and sales pipeline reporting</p>
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<h3 style="color: #000000;font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">What We’re Looking For</h3>
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<p>Proven B2B sales experience within <strong>freight forwarding / logistics</strong></p>
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<p>Strong knowledge of multi-modal solutions (road, sea, air)</p>
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<p>Confident, consultative sales approach</p>
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<p>Self-motivated, target-driven, and commercially sharp</p>
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<p>Ability to work autonomously while contributing to a wider team</p>
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<h3 style="color: #000000;font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">What’s on Offer</h3>
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<p><strong>Industry-leading commission structure</strong> (uncapped)</p>
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<p><strong>Choice of company car or car allowance</strong></p>
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<p>Competitive basic salary</p>
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<p>Genuine career progression within a growing business</p>
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<p>Supportive leadership and operational backing</p>
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<p>Flexibility to focus on your local region and existing network</p>
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<h3 style="color: #000000;font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Locations</h3>
<p style="color: #000000;font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 11px">Opportunities available across:<br /><strong>South East, Midlands, North East, North West, and Yorkshire</strong></p>
<p style="color: #000000;font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 11px">If you’re ready to be properly rewarded for the business you bring in – and want the freedom to sell solutions you can stand behind – this is a role worth exploring.</p>
<p>WR Logistics are the #1 recruitment partner for all vacancies in the logistics industry. We recruit in the UK & USA for permanent jobs.</p>
<p>WR is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.</p>
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<p class="job_tags">Tagged as: BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, Export, freight, Import, Ocean Freight, sales, sea freight</p>