Business Development Manager

Europa Worldwide Group; Manchester; On-site; GBP 35,000 - GBP 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing logistics company in Manchester is seeking a Business Development Manager for their Road Freight division. The individual will be responsible for developing and maintaining a customer base, sourcing sales leads, and managing accounts to maximize business. The ideal candidate should have a strong sales and customer service background, along with excellent communication skills. We offer competitive salaries, training, and benefits in a supportive work environment.

Benefits

On target bonus

Full training and career development

25 days holidays

Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

Contributory company pension scheme

Qualifications

• Must have a full UK driving license.
• Passionate about sales and customer service.
• Ability to thrive under pressure in a targeted environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain customer base within allocated area.
• Source sales leads using in-house CMS.
• Make outbound telesales calls to potential clients.
• Visit potential customers for quotations.
• Manage accounts for the first 6 months to win new business.
• Ensure regular contact with customers to meet their needs.

Skills

Sales driven

Communication skills

Resilience

Customer service

Job description

Overview

Business Development Manager – Road Freight – Manchester

£35k – £50k base salary (depending on experience) + uncapped commission scheme, plus £5308.50 car allowance

Application and data consent

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Who are we?

Europa Worldwide Group is an ambitious and independently owned logistics business. We operate across three divisions—Europa Road, Europa Air & Sea, and Europa Warehouse—and our continued success has earned us a place in The Sunday Times Top Track 250 for three consecutive years.

With 15 sales offices across the UK and Ireland, plus a strong and expanding international footprint in Europe, and countries such as Hong Kong, China, India, and Dubai, we’re investing heavily in our people, our infrastructure, and our future.

If you’re looking to be part of a forward‑thinking organisation where your contribution genuinely makes an impact, Europa is a place where you can grow and thrive.

What we’re looking for

A Business Development Manager to join our thriving sales team!

This is a fantastic opportunity for a confident, sales driven individual to join our fast-paced Road Freight division. As a Business Development Manager, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining your customer base within your allocated area/location while ensuring that you are meeting your monthly GP targets.

As a Business Development Manager your main responsibilities will include

• Developing and maintaining your customer base within your allocated area/location.
• Source sales leads using the company’s in-house CMS, or other sources of information.
• Make telesales calls (outbound) to potential clients to profile and qualifying the prospect, using your knowledge of the Europa product portfolio.
• Visit potential customers and prepare quotations for presentation to the customer.
• For the first 6 months, manage the accounts in your business base by maintaining and developing the levels of business within that client base, ideally with the aim of becoming the sole supplier.
• Make regular contact with your customers pro-actively to ensure that we are satisfying the needs of the customer and with a mind to developing further business opportunities from within that account.
• After developing the account for 6 months to win the most business possible, you will hand the account to customer service to ensure the balance to win new customers remains.

What we offer in return

• On target bonus of:
  • £3000 in year 1
  • £9750 in year 2
  • £11,250 in year 3
• Full training and career development
• 25 days holidays + bank holidays
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• A fantastic working culture which promotes excellent work/life balance.
• The opportunity to develop, progress and work within a global organisation which is rapidly growing.
• Europa benefits scheme (on successful completion of probation period)
• Contributory company pension scheme

What you will bring to the role as a Business Development Manager

• A strong, confident, and resilient personality
• Must have a full UK driving license.
• Passionate about sales and customer service.
• The ability to work well and thrive under pressure, within a targeted environment.
• Have fantastic communication skills both written and verbal
• Be eager to learn, develop and excel in your career within sales.

Please note – if you submit your CV, you are giving Europa Worldwide Group Ltd, and its subsidiaries consent to hold your personal data. All applications will be dealt with according to General Data Protection Regulations.

Europa Worldwide Group are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

“Europa Worldwide Group do not accept agency CV submissions unless specifically requested/ engaged with the role by the Internal Talent Team. Please do not submit speculative CV’S. Europa will not be responsible for any fees related to CV’s received in this unsolicited manner”

Please note that an offer of employment is subject to the completion of a satisfactory pre-employment checks.