Sales Executive (Road Freight)

MIU Consulting; Rugby; Hybrid; GBP 36,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Bonus

Job summary

MIU Consulting in Rugby, Warwickshire, is seeking a bright, enthusiastic sales professional to join the commercial team. You will own the sales journey from spotting opportunities through pitching and finalizing new customers for road freight services.

Build and manage a robust pipeline across the UK and EU, lead customer meetings and site visits, and represent the business at industry events. Hybrid working is possible with a negotiable base of £40,000 plus car allowance and bonus.

Qualifications

• Must have proven sales and business development experience in freight/logistics.
• Excellent communication and negotiation abilities.
• Ability to build and manage a sales pipeline and engage customers.

Responsibilities

• Own the sales journey from spotting opportunities to pitching and closing with new customers for road freight.
• Build a strong UK & EU road freight pipeline.
• Lead customer meetings, presentations and site visits.
• Represent the business at industry events and exhibitions.
• Work with Head of Sales to design freight solutions that meet customer needs.

Skills

Sales experience

Business development

Negotiation

Communication skills

Job description

Rugby, Warwickshire

£40,000 (negotiable) + car allowance and bonus

Overview:

This large international transport and logistics business is seeking a bright, enthusiastic individual with a passion for sales to join their commercial team.

The role will have responsibility for getting out there to find new customers and re‑engage with existing accounts to help grow commercial revenues in their UK & EU Road Freight division.

Access to the Coventry / Rugby area would be beneficial but the role could be done on a hybrid basis.

Responsibilities of this role:

• Own the sales journey from spotting opportunities through pitching and presenting to launching happy new customers for road freight services.
• Build a strong pipeline across the UK & EU road freight market.
• Lead customer meetings, presentations and site visits.
• Represent the business at industry events and exhibitions.
• Get to the heart of customer challenges and help to design freight and logistics solutions that work in conjunction with the Head of Sales.

The person for this role:

• Ambitious, tenacious and hungry with some pre-existing sales experience in the Freight / Logistics industry. Experience in road freight would be preferable.
• Proven experience in sales and business development and used to interacting with customers to understand their needs and develop solutions that fit.
• Excellent commercial awareness and the confidence to prospect, start new conversations and build opportunities from scratch.
• Engaging communication, presentation and negotiation skills.
• The role could suit someone looking to move from an internal sales role to a field based sales role