[Hiring] Business Development Manager @RL People

Role Description

We're looking for an experienced Business Development Manager to drive new business growth across a market-leading provider of integrated supply chain solutions. This is a pure hunter role, suited to someone with a proven track record of winning new accounts and developing strategic relationships with organisations looking to improve operational performance through outsourced supply chain and logistics solutions.

You'll be selling bespoke solutions that help businesses optimise procurement, inventory management, warehousing, fulfilment, distribution and service operations. You'll understand the commercial challenges organisations face around efficiency, resilience, cost control and customer service, positioning supply chain solutions as a strategic business advantage rather than simply an operational function.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Winning new business across a range of industry sectors
• Identifying organisations with complex supply chain, logistics and operational requirements
• Building relationships with Supply Chain Directors, Operations Directors, Procurement Leaders, Commercial Directors and other senior decision-makers
• Developing tailored solutions that improve operational efficiency, service performance, resilience and cost effectiveness
• Managing the full sales cycle from prospecting through to commercial negotiation, contract award and customer handover
• Working closely with internal solution design and operational teams to develop customer-focused proposals
• Building a strong pipeline of qualified opportunities and developing long-term strategic customer partnerships

Qualifications

• Experience selling one or more of the following:
• Supply chain solutions
• Contract logistics
• Logistics outsourcing
• Managed services
• Operational outsourcing
• Procurement solutions
• Inventory management
• Warehousing and fulfilment solutions
• Distribution and transport solutions
• End-to-end supply chain services

Requirements

• A genuine hunter with a passion for winning new business
• Demonstrable success in B2B solution sales
• Experience selling logistics, supply chain or outsourced operational services
• Commercially astute with strong consultative selling skills
• Comfortable opening doors, generating opportunities and building long-term client relationships
• Confident engaging senior operational and commercial stakeholders
• Self-motivated, resilient and driven by achieving ambitious sales targets

Benefits

• Opportunity to join a growing, globally recognised supply chain business
• Autonomy to build your own pipeline and sell genuinely value-adding solutions
• Uncapped commission structure
• Strong internal support
• Opportunity to work on complex, consultative sales opportunities with some of the world's leading organisations