Regional Business Development Manager

Always Candid; Southampton; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance-related bonus

Car allowance

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Always Candid seeks a Regional Commercial Manager to own the growth agenda across a defined region within the UK logistics sector. The role blends new-business development, senior account leadership and regional planning, with the potential to build and lead a regional commercial team.

You will collaborate with senior leaders to identify and convert high-quality opportunities across transport, warehousing, distribution and value-added services, delivering profitable customer solutions.

Qualifications

• Strong logistics background across transport, warehousing or contract logistics.
• Experience in senior business development, regional sales or key-account leadership.
• Track record of winning new business and growing major accounts.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver a regional commercial strategy aligned with plan.
• Own select strategic customer relationships and pipeline of opportunities.
• Lead tenders, proposals and commercial negotiations.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to convert opportunities into delivery.
• Forecast regional performance and maintain CRM discipline.
• Shape regional commercial structure and lead potential team growth.

Skills

Regional leadership

New-business development

Key-account management

Negotiations

CRM discipline

Forecasting

Tools

CRM software

Job description

Regional Commercial Manager

Logistics and Supply Chain

Regional role | Hybrid Working

This is a significant commercial appointment with a well-established, multi-site UK logistics group undergoing an ambitious period of transformation.

We are looking for an experienced commercial operator to take ownership of the growth agenda across a defined region. This is a much broader opportunity than a traditional Business Development Manager position, combining new-business development, strategic key-account leadership, regional commercial planning and the potential to build and lead a regional commercial team.

The successful individual will work closely with senior commercial and operational leaders to identify, develop and convert high-quality opportunities across transport, warehousing, distribution, network and wider value-added logistics services.

Crucially, this person will provide the commercial leadership needed to turn opportunities into deliverable and profitable customer solutions. They will bring the right people together internally, create momentum across different locations and functions, and ensure that commercial commitments can be delivered successfully.

The Role

You will:

• Develop and deliver a clear regional commercial strategy aligned with wider business objectives.
• Take ownership of selected strategic and high-value customer relationships.
• Build account plans focused on retention, organic growth, pricing, profitability and cross-selling.
• Create and convert a strong pipeline of new-business opportunities.
• Lead complex customer discussions, tenders, proposals and commercial negotiations.
• Identify opportunities spanning transport, warehousing, contract logistics, network and value-added services.
• Mobilise operational, finance, solutions and local leadership teams around customer opportunities.
• Ensure opportunities are properly qualified, costed, approved and successfully handed into implementation.
• Own regional commercial forecasting, CRM discipline, pipeline quality and performance reporting.
• Help shape the future regional commercial structure, with the potential to recruit, lead and develop a wider team.

The Person

We are looking for a commercially ambitious and experienced logistics professional who can operate strategically while remaining close to customers and delivery.

You are likely to bring:

• A strong background in logistics, transport, warehousing, distribution, supply chain or contract logistics.
• Experience in a senior business development, regional sales, commercial or key-account leadership position.
• A successful record of winning new business and developing major existing accounts.
• Experience of managing complex, high-value and multi-stakeholder customer relationships.
• Strong commercial judgement across pricing, margin, contractual risk and operational deliverability.
• The credibility to influence senior operational and functional stakeholders.
• A collaborative style and the ability to create internal momentum around commercial opportunities.
• Experience of leading, coaching or developing commercial people, with the capability to build a team.
• The resilience, pace and pragmatism to succeed within a changing and transforming business.

• Package: Performance-related bonus, car allowance and comprehensive benefits

Location: Regional, with regular travel to customer and operational sites