Business Development Manager

Role Overview

We are hiring a Business Development Manager to proactively interact with customers and win new business for air freight, ocean freight, sea-air freight, truck and rail freight along with customs brokerage. The role involves increasing sales and volumes to achieve economies of scale and greater reliability of services.

What You Will Do

The Business Development Manager will work independently with the Toll network to increase volumes on key trade lanes and verticals in line with the sales strategy.

Why It Might Be a Fit

To succeed in this role, you will need a good command of written and spoken German, a foreign language (English) and solid IT skills. You will also need to be confident in conversation and correspondence, and have a good understanding of numbers in dealing with analysis and statistics tools.

Requirements

• Completed apprenticeship as a forwarding agent or similar commercial training in Germany
• Completed studies in logistics or economics and/or at least 5 years of professional experience in air freight/sea freight/sales
• Good command of written and spoken German
• Foreign language: English ("very good to good" written and spoken) mandatory
• Good understanding of numbers in dealing with analysis and statistics tools
• Solid IT skills & correspondingly professional handling of internet media
• Sound knowledge of MS Office (especially Excel, Word; PowerPoint, Outlook and OneNote)
• Confidence in conversation and correspondence
• Driving license: Class B (3)

Benefits

• Diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace
• Industry-leading training
• Autonomy to quickly make decisions with impact
• Opportunity to learn and grow with the company