Business Development Director
Ref: 133177
Bedford, UK
£80,000
- Permanent
- High-performing Operational Teams
- Multi-sector Experience
About the candidate
A commercially astute, director-level executive with 30 years of experience, including 18 years in senior manager/director roles, specialises in developing bespoke commercial solutions and leading high-performing operational teams. Holding multi-market and multi-sector experience, they excel in gaining and retaining multi-million-pound business contracts, particularly in warehouse and intermodal logistics account management. Their leadership prowess extends across commercial and development and operational teams, demonstrating effective collaboration and strategic planning.
What makes them great?
- Transformed a major transport and distribution account from underperformance to delivering a sustainable, customer-focused service, securing a five-year contract renewal worth £10.5m pa.
- Identified and implemented continuous improvement initiatives, contributing towards sector-wide targeted account savings of up to £250K pa.
- Developed and enhanced the business's transport network, resulting in overall empty running reduced by 9-12% and peak volume turnover among six customers in the network of circa £1.6m pa.
Areas of expertise
- Business Development | Operations Logistics
- Budgeting | Customer Relationship Manager
- Sales | Profit Targets | Supply Chain Management
- Retail | Drinks | Manufacturing | Automotive | Print Media
- Bespoke Commercial Models | Networking | Continuous Improvement | Board-level Liaison