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My clients a well established freight forwarder based within the Heathrow seeking professional and experienced Business development manager with Pharma/ Life Science experience to join their Heathrow team.
Duties would include:
- Identifying new business opportunities, ultimately looking to exceed area sales and gross profit and revenue targets
- Preparation and calculation of RFQ’s/RFP’s as per customer request
- To handle all Pharmaceutical Products including Life Science and Pharmaceutical Healthcare products compliantly, ensuring that all training and guidelines are adhered to without fail.
- To ensure GDP guidelines are followed throughout the shipment process
- To ensure that only approved suppliers are used for all pharmaceutical shipments
- Responsible for building and developing profitable relationships with all current and potential customers in the Life Science and healthcare vertical
- Handling all pharmaceutical shipments in line with the customer requirements.
- Manage and coordinate execution of commercial account strategy in partnership with product managers, marketing, and other internal teams
- Provide support to the Responsible Person to participate in customer and supplier GDP qualification/audits
- To ensure your own personal training remains accurate and up to date for all Pharmaceutical Products including Life Science and Pharmaceutical Healthcare products.
Skills needed:
- Minimum 6 years sales experience
- Confident to make telesales calls and cold calling
- Industry knowledge of Freight
- Proven track record in new Business development
- Outstanding customer service skills
- Dynamic
- PC literate
- Solid understanding of Life Science/healthcare vertical
- Undertake/Hold GDP certification and participate in ongoing training
