Pharma Business Growth & Partnerships Manager

GEODIS INTERSERVICES

United Kingdom

Remote

GBP 50,000 - 75,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Job summary

GEODIS INTERSERVICES in the United Kingdom is seeking a senior Business Development professional to drive Pharma/Healthcare freight-forwarding opportunities. You will generate new business, manage key relationships, and ensure GDP compliance while delivering robust sales strategies.

Ideal candidates have 5–10 years of experience in pharma logistics, strong negotiation and presentation skills, and a proven track record of exceeding sales targets within a cross-functional team environment.

Qualifications

Sound experience with a successful track record of Business Development within the Pharma / Healthcare sectors supporting freight forwarding and logistics activities.
Understand Pharma / Healthcare terminology.
Understand cold chain / temperature management.
Strong understanding of GDP principles & diligence processes to meet regulatory compliance standards during the sales process.
Competent to liaise at Customer board level & Quality level (Quality level at confident not expert level).
Sound experience of generating new business opportunities and relationship management.
Demonstrable experience of implementing sales strategies to meet short term and long-term opportunities.
Demonstrable success in achieving and exceeding new business sales targets.
Experience of reporting processes and the provision of data to support sales activity using a CRM system.
Experience of working collaboratively across the organisation (Operations & Business Excellence) to help deliver on success.
Experience of implementing new ideas and solutions to drive results of a sales function.
Demonstrable commercial awareness that has had a significant impact on the business.
Sound experience of negotiating skills and firm understanding of the sales cycle.
Good presentation skills and ability to package sound commercial proposals.
Have an existing base of Pharma/Healthcare customers / relationships.

Responsibilities

Seek a variety of new business opportunities within the Pharma / Healthcare sectors.
Generate and qualify new business opportunities, by using sales skills, planning and relationship management.
Demonstrate commercial acumen to seek and secure sales opportunities while maintaining GDPR compliance.
Ensure sales activity and process are in-line with GDP diligence and compliance.
Liaise with UK Responsible Person / NECE Regional GDP Manager for due diligence.
Provide first class customer service to deliver on customer solutions.
Implement sales strategies to develop short term and long-term target accounts.
Meet and exceed company standard expectations in relation to call rate and pipeline.
Ensure new business targets including revenue and gross profit are exceeded.
Complete daily reporting on the CRM system and support Regional Sales activity.