Sales Manager HYBRID - Freight Forwarder

HtE Recruitment Limited; Ringway; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

HtE Recruitment Limited is handling a Sales Manager vacancy for a south Manchester air & ocean freight forwarder. The role is hybrid, with one office day per week and four days meeting clients or working from home.

You will attend trade shows, meet clients, and drive new business in both imports and exports. The ideal candidate will build relationships, understand the import/export market for air freight, and have a proven ability to win new business while representing a growing logistics

Qualifications

• Experience in import/export markets for air freight forwarding.
• Excellent communication and client relationship skills.
• Proven ability to win new business and drive sales growth.

Responsibilities

• Attend trade shows and events to meet clients.
• Meet clients and generate new business opportunities.
• Drive forward the freight forwarding sales growth across imports/exports.
• Work in a hybrid setup with one office day per week and remaining days meeting clients or working remotely.

Skills

Relationship building

Business development

Communication

Sales management

Job description

Sales Manager - HYBRID (1 office day, 4 days hybrid) required for a south Manchester Air & Ocean freight forwarder, about 70% of the trade is air freight with 30% being ocean. This Sales Manager role is remote/field based with only about 1 day a week in the office. The role will include going to trade shows, meeting clients, driving new business. The company does both imports and exports.

The role

We are looking for a candidate as a Sales Manager who will attend trade shows and events, you will meet clients, find new business and drive forward the freight forwarding business forward. This company is looking to grow over the coming years and this role is very important for that. This Sales Manager role includes all the standard sales manager duties.

Experience

We are looking for a sales manager who is great at relationship building and growing a patch. You will have knowledge of the import/export market within Air freight forwarding and some ocean freight forwarding knowledge is also helpfu. You will be a good communicator and good at winning business.

• Sales Manager (hybrid / field based)
• Logistics Company
• South manchester based business
• £45-30k + £5k car allowance
• Air freight focused company with some ocean freight as well
• Hybrid - 1 office day a week and 4 days meetings clients or home based.