Business Development Consultant
About New Zealand Couriers
Proudly NZ-owned and operated, for over 60 years our company has been driving ahead of the competition thanks to our passionate team and results-focused service delivery. Now with over 1,100 employees, and 550 independent contractors in 25 locations across New Zealand, we are proud to serve the local communities we work in, to be New Zealand’s most experienced courier provider, and to be the flagship brand of Freightways.
About the role
This is a full-time position working Monday to Friday, based out of one of our Lower South Island branches (Dunedin, Central Otago or Timaru). The primary location of this role is flexible and dependent on the successful candidate.As a Business Development Consultant, your week will be filled with site visits across the Lower South Island region, hunting and gaining new clients to offer and sell our courier freight delivery services to. You will be travelling out on the road, building strong partnerships with clients.
Focused on new business, you’ll also manage current new clients, providing high quality care and solutions to issues surrounding customers’ freight. You’ll take charge of reviewing sales processes to ensure financial expectations are met and strategise regularly with the Sales Manager on achievement of revenue targets.
Key responsibilities include:- Achieving weekly site visit targets to a portfolio of new clients
- Sales hunting – out in the field, seeking potential new customers
- Assisting in planning and strategising towards financial targets
- Actively carrying out regular competitor analysis
- You have a proven track record in sales, from prospecting to closing deals
- You’re an organised forward planner and strategist
- You boast demonstrable negotiation skills
- You are confident and independent out in the field - a natural opportunity-seeker
- Salary + commission + company car
- A supportive and experienced management team who prioritise their people
- Career development opportunities across the Freightways group of companies
Apply
At New Zealand Couriers, we have forged an entrepreneurial spirit in all that we do and are driven to get things done. If this sounds like you, apply here now! Please attach your CV and cover letter outlining your suitability for this role.All candidates will be required to provide proof of NZ working rights and undergo pre-employment screening, including a criminal history check and drug test.