Business Development Executive at Haulage and Logistics Magazine

Job Description

• Identify new business opportunities - including new markets, growth areas, trends, customers, products and services.
• Seek out the appropriate contact in an organization.
• Generate leads and cold call prospective customers.
• Meet with customers/clients face to face or over the phone.
• Understand the needs of your customers and be able to respond effectively with a plan of how to meet these.
• Work strategically - carrying out necessary planning in order to implement operational changes.
• Have a good understanding of the businesses' products or services and be able to advise others about them.
• Attend seminars, conferences and events where appropriate
• Help to plan sales campaigns.
• Create a sales pipeline.
• Negotiate pricing with customers, and suppliers in some cases
• Carry out sales forecasts and analysis and present your findings to senior management.

Requirements

• Candidates should possess a Bachelor's Degree qualification with 2 - 5 years work experience.