Freight Forwarding Business Development Officer

Role: Freight Forwarding Business Development Officer

Salary: Depending on experience

Location: Southampton (on-site)

Responsibilities:

• You will be required to identify, develop, and secure new opportunities focused on sea, air, and road freight.
• Management of an active sales pipeline focussing on international/EU/UK freight.
• To work closely with the local operations management team in the UK/NL.
• Design and implement new ways of selling and promoting services.
• Demonstrating and applying commercial acumen.
• Actively connecting with managers and directors to suggest any contributions to improve procedures.
• Previous experience in freight forwarding is essential for this role.

Key skills, experience and qualifications

• Undergraduate degree.
• Customer focussed mentality; self-motivated and driven.
• Must have proven experience within freight forwarding.
• Confident, professional, and friendly to ensure customer relations are of the highest quality.
• Motivated to achieve targets and interested in helping customers expand & improve their businesses.
• You will be required to generate your own leads.
• Excellent multi-tasking ability.
• Confident communicator and passionate about your work.
• Ability to handle customer grievances and remain calm in pressured circumstances.

What you will get from us:

• 22 days of annual leave plus Bank Holidays with the option of purchasing up to 5 extra days through salary sacrifice.
• Birthday off after 1 year length of service.
• Pension scheme with Royal London with employee contributions of minimum 5% and employer contributions of 3%.
• A collaborative culture of continuous learning with Learning and Development opportunities for career progression, alongside support with professional qualifications where applicable.
• Private Healthcare Insurance with Vitality Health care after completing probationary period.
• Cycle2Work scheme available through salary sacrifice.
• DIS (Death in service) available after completing probationary period.
• Creative spacious offices with breakout areas, and subsidised canteen with Chef offering freshly cooked breakfast and lunches.

About AVASK:

AVASK Accounting is a rapidly expanding firm that specialises in International VAT, tax and accounting for e-commerce businesses which are located both internationally and in the UK.

AVASK are a recommended External Tax Advisor under the Amazon Global Selling Programme which assist thousands of sellers on Amazon FBA, eBay, Shopify and many other platforms. On top of this, it provides its clients with a comprehensive range of expertise - providing practical guidance on cross-border transactions, making sure they are fully compliant with EU regulations, assisting on their company group structures and providing ongoing tax advisory services. #PRL