Shaping the Future of Logistics – Your Career Starts at Röhlig
Whether it’s sea freight, air freight, or contract logistics, at Röhlig Logistics you’ll help create tailor‑made solutions that move the world forward. As a global, family‑owned company founded in Bremen, Germany in 1852, we’ve built our reputation on reliability and trusted partnerships. Join our international team of more than 2,700 colleagues across 35+ countries and collaborate on exciting projects for customers around the world. You’ll work in a supportive, trust‑based, and collaborative environment that values open communication and empowers you to share your ideas and grow professionally. At Röhlig, we’re committed to helping you build a long‑term career while maintaining a healthy work‑life balance – because we believe success is best achieved together.
Business Development Manager – Heathrow Team
For our Heathrow team, we are looking for an experienced Business Development Manager to grow and develop our customer base across the UK, with a strong focus on air freight.
What you will do:
- Generate, develop and manage new business opportunities across the UK, with a primary focus on air freight and additional opportunities across ocean freight.
- Build strong relationships with customers, prospects and internal stakeholders, while working closely with UK Sales, branch management and operational teams to deliver effective customer solutions.
- Manage the full sales process from identifying new business opportunities and arranging meetings through to rate negotiation, solution development, onboarding support and achieving agreed sales targets.
What you bring:
- Proven freight forwarding sales experience, ideally with strong air freight knowledge and a good understanding of ocean freight.
- Wider multimodal or product background would be advantageous.
- A self‑motivated, commercially focused and results‑driven approach, with the confidence to work independently and the experience to hit the ground running.
- Strong relationship‑building and communication skills, with the ability to influence customers and collaborate effectively with colleagues across Heathrow and Birmingham.
- Good commercial awareness, including an understanding of freight forwarding margins, service quality, operational requirements and the importance of securing profitable business.
What we offer:
- Competitive base salary with a rewarding commission structure linked to sales performance
- 24 days annual leave + Bank Holidays
- Day off for your birthday
- Salary sacrifice pension scheme with 7.5% company contribution
- Life assurance scheme
- Perkbox employee benefits and wellbeing platform, including Perkbox
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Specsavers Eye Care Scheme
- Workplace Nursery Provision
- Salary sacrifice tech benefit and Cycle to Work scheme
- Long service awards
- Annual performance awards
We work continuously for more diversity and inclusion throughout the organization. We encourage all qualified candidates to apply.
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