Ireland/UK Roadfreight Sales Manager - West Dublin

REED Dublin is delighted to be recruiting for a nationwide Freight Forwarding and Warehousing business based in West Dublin. We are looking for a Sales Manager to join their highly driven and ambitious management team.

Please read on for more details:

* Proven sales experience in Freight Forwarding (essential) with good knowledge of Road Freight and Logistics – either UK/Ireland or European

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop new and existing customers for our road transport service offering.
• Call and prospect new customers across multiple sectors in the Irish market. The focus for role is however hunting and securing new business.
• Lead and create tender responses
• Support inside sales, marketing and product manager in acquiring new customers
• Make and work to a planner that will enable customers and potential accounts to be effectively and efficiently covered
• Maintain accurate sales information records
• Report regularly on weekly sales activity and business developments
• Enhance company image and profile
• Meet all relevant sales targets assigned by the Sales Manager.
• Partake in department meetings
• Liaise with Sales Coordinator and Operations Team
• Lead and create sales presentations as and when required

Candidate Profile:
Excellent Committed Customer Service Skills in line with our values
Target Driven and passionate in line with our values
Excellent presentation skills
Excellent interpersonal skills to build trust with our customers in line with our values.
Excellent Communication skills
Proven commercial-negotiating skills
Ability to work on own initiative and as team player
Contributes continuous improvement and innovated suggestions
Capable of maintaining performance in a pressured environment
Flexible, confident, positive, persuasive, honest, reliable