Regional Road Freight Sales Manager

Strive Supply Chain LLP; England; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A logistics company in the UK is seeking an experienced Senior Business Development Manager for its Road Freight division. The role requires proven sales experience in road freight, excellent customer service skills, and the ability to maintain and grow customer accounts. Responsibilities include generating leads, maintaining customer relationships, and preparing quotations. This is a compelling opportunity offering a competitive salary and benefits.

Benefits

Uncapped OTE

Car allowance

Additional benefits

Qualifications

• Proven experience in sales across road freight.
• Good understanding of customer deliverables and service quality.

Responsibilities

• Establish leads and targets through tele-sales and email.
• Maintain current customer accounts and procure new customers.
• Prepare customer quotations and follow up as necessary.
• Generate sales reports using company software.

Skills

Sales experience in road freight

Customer service excellence

Communication skills

Job description

Approx. basic £65k + Uncapped OTE + Car / Car allowance + Benefits

Overview

Our client is an International 3PL expanding across the UK, offering a variety of multi‑modal logistics and freight services. We are delighted to partner them in their search for an experienced senior Business Development Manager for their Road Freight division.

Main Tasks and Responsibilities

Operational

• Establish own leads and target via the internal tele‑sales team and/or email campaigns.
• Support the Branch and General Manager in maintaining current customer accounts and procuring new customers, ensuring excellent customer service at all times.
• Proactively contact new customers according to targets mutually set and agreed with the line manager.
• Actively sell and promote all the company’s services once contact has been made.
• Prepare any quotations as required by the customer and follow up as necessary.
• Maintain an up‑to‑date record of the above requirements and submit to line manager in report form on a weekly basis.
• Provide proactive, professional and first‑class customer service at all times.

Administration

• Use sales management system to input customer details and carry out sales tasks.
• Generate sales reports using company software.
• Search for possible tenders and progress with current tenders.

People Management

• Work with the team to ensure that customer service is always maintained.
• Communicate with all members of staff at all levels.

Requirements

• Proven experience in sales across road freight.
• Good understanding of customer deliverables and the impact of failure / cost of poor quality.
• Consistently manages the task in hand.
• Full UK driving licence.

This is a fantastic opportunity – we look forward to your application.