Business Development Manager

What you will do:

• Generate, develop and manage new business opportunities across the UK, with a primary focus on air freight and additional opportunities across ocean freight.
• Build strong relationships with customers, prospects and internal stakeholders, while working closely with UK Sales, branch management and operational teams to deliver effective customer solutions.
• Manage the full sales process from identifying new business opportunities and arranging meetings through to rate negotiation, solution development, onboarding support and achieving agreed sales targets.

What you bring:

• Proven freight forwarding sales experience, ideally with strong air freight knowledge and a good understanding of ocean freight. Wider multimodal or product background would be advantageous.
• A self-motivated, commercially focused and results-driven approach, with the confidence to work independently and the experience to hit the ground running.
• Strong relationship-building and communication skills, with the ability to influence customers and collaborate effectively with colleagues across Heathrow and Birmingham.
• Good commercial awareness, including an understanding of freight forwarding margins, service quality, operational requirements and the importance of securing profitable business.

What we offer:

• Competitive base salary with a rewarding commission structure linked to sales performance
• 24 days annual leave + Bank Holidays
• Day off for your birthday
• Salary sacrifice pension scheme with 7.5% company contribution
• Life assurance scheme
• Perkbox employee benefits and wellbeing platform, including Perkbox Medical
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Specsavers Eye Care Scheme
• Workplace Nursery Provision
• Salary sacrifice tech benefit and Cycle to Work scheme
• Long service awards
• Annual performance awards
• Apply now and shape the future of logistics with us!
• For further information about the position or the application process, please reach out to [email protected].
• More information on www.rohlig.com.
• Additional Job Description

About the recruitment process:

Qualifications

• Proven freight forwarding sales experience, ideally with strong air freight knowledge and a good understanding of ocean freight. Wider multimodal or product background would be advantageous.
• A self-motivated, commercially focused and results-driven approach, with the confidence to work independently and the experience to hit the ground running.
• Strong relationship-building and communication skills, with the ability to influence customers and collaborate effectively with colleagues across Heathrow and Birmingham.
• Good commercial awareness, including an understanding of freight forwarding margins, service quality, operational requirements and the importance of securing profitable business.