Logistics Business Development Manager

GEODIS is a Supply Chain Operator ranking among the top companies in its field in Europe and the World. GEODIS, which is part of SNCF Logistics, which in turn is a business line of the SNCF Group, is the number one Transport and Logistics operator in France and ranked number four in Europe. The international reach includes a direct presence in 67 countries and a global network spanning over 120 countries.
With its five lines of business (Supply Chain Optimization, Freight Forwarding, Contract Logistics, Distribution & Express and Road Transport), GEODIS manages its customers Supply Chain by providing end-to-end solutions enabled by our people, our infrastructure, processes and systems.
We are looking for candidates for the position Business Development Manager to join our Business Development team in HCM:
Responsibility:
• Deliver GP Budgets for the Territory;
• Act strategically to achieve personal and overall group success;
• Identify and build relationships with clients within the territory, especially those clients who meet our preferred client criteria;
• commit client base and key stakeholders, both internal and external;
• Meet FaceTime targets as agreed for the Territory by visits, phone calls and direct mail, to both new prospects and existing customers;
• Build & maintain opportunity pipelines in excess of the territory budgets/ hit rates;
• promptly work upon and register opportunities generated in CRM;
• Use Geodis Selling processes to understand customer needs, keep updated with new sailings/routings/solutions in the market to provide client solutions that bring value to their clients supply chains;
• Document and distribute internally relevant customer information;
• Contact customers and handle customer inquiries and customer problems;
• Work according to GSP tools;
• Work closely together with sales colleagues and related functions in order to maximize sales potentials and help meet the total organisation & business goals;
• Handling complaints and trouble shooting.