DHL Global Forwarding, a world-renowned company who are consistently recognised as a top employer with excellent career prospects where you can develop and progress your career. 

Our Inside Sales Team help facilitate profitability and customer growth, selling our freight services to businesses around the UK. Getting your “foot in the door” of a potential high-value customer isn’t easy, however you will have the reputation of one of the world’s leading freight forwarders behind you. 

Monday to Friday – 9 am-5.30pm – Manchester M17

Office based initially with the opportunity for hybrid working on completion of training period.

What we offer

• A market leading salary and annual bonuses
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays 
• Pension scheme - up to 8% employer contribution
• Access to DHL Advantages – a wide range of offers on leading brands
• Reward and Recognition programmes 
• Charity and volunteering support through DHL Foundation
• E-learning portal with a wide range of courses and skill-based training
• Employee helpline providing free and confidential legal, financial and health advice

What you’ll be doing

Supporting the business development team, you’ll focus on creating business opportunities, nurturing leads, and driving sales, primarily for our Air and Ocean freight forwarding services. Activity will include: 

• Generating prospective customers and lead qualification using reporting mechanisms, HMRC, LinkedIn, Net Promoter Score, market research and Postcode searches
• Warm and cold calling 
• Management of all leads and opportunities using Salesforce 
• Support and drive site sales campaigns

What we are looking for

Goal orientated with a “hunter” mentality and background in freight forwarding, logistics or courier sectors is essential. With B2B experience in a similar inside sales or customer facing role you’ll:

• Be tenacious and goal orientated with the ability to exceed targets and KPI’s
• Be able to build productive relationships in a fast-paced, high-performance environment
• Possess effective time and activity management skills 
• Be familiar with systems such as Salesforce, trade databases, HMRC (trade), LinkedIn and other social media, Excel 
• Be eligible to work in the UK without the need for sponsorship now or in the future

Our Business

DHL Global Forwarding is the Group's world leader in the transportation of Air freight, one of the leading providers in both Ocean and Road freight. We offer standardised transport as well as highly specialised end-to-end solutions to customers in a wide range of industries globally. We operate in 150 countries around the world, employing over 42,000 employees. Our global presence means we can offer a variety of routing options and meet our customers' increasing demand for multimodal shipments.

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