Graduate Account Manager
8 days ago
Nottingham
Job Title: Graduate Account Manager\n\nLocation: Nottingham\n\nSalary: £30,000 plus uncapped bonus\n\nJob Type: Full-time, Permanent\n\nThe Opportunity\n\nHow does working for a rapidly growing business with a vibrant, supportive culture sound? If you're a graduate with a 2:1 degree, we have a role that builds your skills, rewards resilience, and offers significant long-term progression.\n\nHere's how the scheme looks:\n\nFirst year - Stage 1\n\nAccount Manager - Basic Salary - £30K12+ months - Stage 2\n\nAccount Manager - Basic Salary - £35K24+ months - Stage 3\n\nSenior Account Manager - Basic Salary - £40K36+ months - Stage 4\n\nAccount Partner - Basic Salary - £45K48+ months - Stage 5\n\nSenior Account Partner - Basic Salary - £50K & a company carThe Impact You Will Have:\n\nStep into the fast-paced, dynamic world of logistics. You will become an expert in road, rail, sea, and air freight solutions, collaborating with global businesses to navigate the ever-changing landscape of customs, legislation, and complex goods transport.\n\nAs an Account Manager, you will act as a Solutions Architect, providing not just any solution, but the right one, to ensure our customers achieve their commercial objectives. You will have full autonomy over your sales cycle, from sourcing leads to managing your account portfolio.\n\nSupporting You Along the Way\n\nWe are committed to your long-term success. From day one, you will receive structured learning to equip you with knowledge of our market-leading solutions. You will benefit from dedicated support, including 1-2-1 coaching with senior team members to accelerate your skill development and help you achieve your targets. This performance-based development enables continuous financial and personal progress.\n\nA Typical Day\n\nCustomer Success: Maintain open communication to provide regular updates and ensure a smooth service journey\nSolutions Sourcing: Liaise with Operations Teams to source and quote the best freight solutions for new and existing customers\nRelationship Building: Pro-actively source leads, make contact via phone/video, and build strong relationships to meet customer needs and develop future opportunities\nJourney Management: Oversee all transport journeys, guiding customers through any complexities or hitches that arise\nContinuous Learning: Navigate the ever-changing world of logistics, eager to learn and develop your knowledge with support from industry professionalsIs This Role for You?\n\nDo you have a 2:1 degree?\nDo you have a minimum of 6 months customer-facing experience?\nAre you confident in reaching out and instigating conversations with potential customers?\nAre you passionate about providing value to customers?\nAre you driven, resilient, and determined to succeed?\nCan you work independently?What We'll Offer You\n\nBesides a great work environment, here are some of our core benefits:\nContributory pension (up to 6% employer contribution)\nLife Assurance of 4 times basic salary\n25 days holiday plus bank holidays\nOffice-based, Monday - Friday, 9 am - 5 pm (inclusive of 1 hour lunch)\nFamily Focus: Up to 8 weeks paid Enhanced Parental Leave\nCulture of internal promotion and progression\nPaid professional development day each year with a training allowance\nWellness Package: Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), Gym allowance, and Dental plan\nCulture & Community: Regular social events, free weekly breakfast/team lunch, sustainable travel allowance, and paid volunteering days with our partner or chosen charity.\nModern, open-plan offices with an on-site coffee house and dedicated wellbeing room.Our Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion\n\nBaxter Freight is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a diverse and inclusive team where everyone can thrive. We recruit, train, promote, and reward individuals based on skills, experience, values, and potential, regardless of background (including race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or age).\n\nInclusive Recruitment at Baxter Freight\n\nOur recruitment process is designed to be fair, consistent, and inclusive. We hire for skills, attributes, experience, required qualifications, and potential, not background.\n\nTo support fair shortlisting and help reduce unconscious bias, we aim to anonymise direct applications in the early stages. To assist with this, please remove personal details such as your name, photo, date of birth, university/school name, and societies/affiliations from your initial application. Please do ensure you include your postcode so we can consider a reasonable commute and work-life balance, as well as your email or phone number for our Recruitment Team to contact you.\n\nIf you require any support or adjustments during the recruitment process, please contact us directly.\n\nFor further information on the role and the team here at Baxter Freight please visit our website and careers page.\n\nPlease click the APPLY button to send your CV for this role.\n\nRelevant Keywords: Graduate Scheme, New Business Executive, Sales Consultant, Customer Success, B2B, Sales Executive, BDM, Business Development Executive, Graduate Sales Executive, Graduate Business Development