Swift Specialist Recruitment are looking for an experienced Business Development Manager to join the Sales team of one of our most prestigious Logistics clients, based in South Mancheter. Whilst their sales team sell across all sectors, my client is looking for someone with strong experience within the food and beverage industry, as this is a fast-growing part of their business.
This role sits within the UK Sales team, targeting companies with imports into the UK and exports out of the UK.
Key Responsibilities
* To grow the business and hit GP targets year on year, primarily but not limited to new logo food and beverage customers.
* Prospecting against a target account list.
* Capitalising on marketing activity and interactions with marketing campaigns.
* Leveraging your contacts built over your career in the UK food and beverage industry.
* Regular event attendance and speaking opportunities as needed.
* To be accountable for building a pipeline and showcasing the activity you are completing to build a pipeline and close deals by updating and using CRM to its fullest.
* To work with the Marketing team to feed into campaign activity constructively to generate stronger leads and create a kit bag for helping you secure opportunities at speed.
* To be at face-to-face meetings and networking at least twice a week.
* To attend weekly team meetings, huddles and 1:1s.
* To have Teams open, and a communication channel to chat to...