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Business Development Manager

North HollandHybridHours negotiable<3months

Generate new business with a focus on strategic prospects.

  • Advise clients on the best logistics freight solutions.
  • Responsible for the entire process from cold acquisition to contract closing, ensuring profitable growth.

What you do

  • Attract new clients and expand the client portfolio.
  • Maintain strong relationships with both potential and existing clients.
  • Work towards new business wins through thorough preliminary research and collaboration with internal partners.
  • Record progress in the CRM system and ensure handover to internal operations for successful implementation.
  • Ensure service and quality of service delivery.
  • Connect clients and colleagues organization-wide.
  • Prepare reports.
  • Proactively communicate RFQs with management and stakeholders.
  • Informally manage the sales support team for tariff and quote information.

What they ask

  • HBO (higher professional education) work and thinking level, preferably a commercial and/or logistics education.
  • Minimum 7 years of experience in a commercial role within the freight industry (air and ocean freight).
  • Excellent command of Dutch and English, both written and spoken.

Profile

  • Independent, commercially driven, and results-oriented.
  • Confident and persistent in seizing opportunities and successfully completing sales processes.
  • Clear and convincing communication, able to set priorities and remain calm under risk or time pressure.
  • Product knowledge and ability to make independent decisions.
  • Quickly feels at home in a large international organization, shows courage, takes responsibility, and takes action.

Practical

  • A VGB (Declaration of No Objection) is required; costs will be reimbursed.

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