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Business development manager
Win regular contracts and account customers for a UK direct carrier, based in Smethwick.
About the role
UK Pro Deliveries has built over 4,000 jobs and over 99% positive feedback mostly through repeat work and the carriers network. The next step is more direct account customers: manufacturers, distributors, freight forwarders and engineering firms that need dedicated vans every week and want one carrier they can rely on, from Smethwick to any UK postcode.
You find and win those customers. You visit sites, understand what they ship and when, agree rates with the General Manager, and set up the account through our Open an account process. Then you stay close while the first jobs run, so the operation delivers what you sold and the customer stays for the long term.
You have a real product to sell: 25 vans, collection within the hour, never co-loaded, GPS tracked, photo and signed POD, and ADR. This role suits someone who has sold transport or logistics before and wants to build a book of business, not just work a list.
What you will do
- Build a pipeline of UK businesses that need regular dedicated van or pallet transport
- Visit prospects and present UPD's service, mainly in the Midlands
- Prepare quotes for regular contracts with the General Manager
- Open credit accounts and hand customers over to operations properly
- Keep existing account customers and grow their volume
- Report pipeline and results weekly
- Feed market and price information back to the team
What you need
- Proven sales record in transport, logistics, courier or a related business service
- Able to talk to transport managers and company owners as an equal
- Self-starter who manages a diary and a pipeline without being chased
- Full UK driving licence, with travel across the Midlands and the UK
- Clear written British English for proposals and emails
What we offer
- Basic salary plus commission on new account revenue
- Company vehicle or mileage allowance
- Direct access to the General Manager on pricing and decisions
- A clean service to sell: no broker layer, no co-loading
- A growing fleet and the chance to shape the sales function from the start