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Who our client are? Our Freight Forwarding client is an ambitious independent logistics operator with three divisions, Road, Air & Sea, and Warehouse, and has been featured in The Sunday Times Top Track 250 for three years. The group employs over 1,100 people with 16 sales offices in the UK, and the Republic of Ireland, plus European teams in France Belgium and the Netherlands and internationally in Cape Town Hong Kong, China, India and the UAE. We are they looking for : Their Air & Sea division has experienced remarkable growth over the past two years, and they are not slowing down! They are expanding their UK team and looking for a passionate and driven Business Development Manager to join the South of England sales team based anywhere in the Kent region, but preferably in the Dartford and surrounding area In this role, you'll report directly to the Regional Air & Sea Sales Manager (South) and play a key part in building and maintaining strong relationships with an existing portfolio of clients. At the same time, you'll maximise sales opportunities by identifying and winning new business. What they we offer in return? - Competitive Salary circa 50k Plus Car allowance - Hours: Monday to Friday 9:00 to 5:30pm (Hybrid) - Generous Time Off: Benefit from 25 days of annual leave. - Enhanced Family Leave: Benefit from enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption pay. - Wellbeing Focus: Access our employee wellbeing programme for your overall health and happiness. - Referral Rewards: Earn up to £1000 by referring a friend to join our team. - Work-Life Balance: Thrive in a fantastic working culture that promotes an excellent work-life balance. - Recognition Programs: Celebrate your contributions with our charity 50-50 and long service awards What you will be doing as Business Development Manager - Build and maintain a thriving customer base to expand revenue streams and secure lasting partnerships. - Organise your sales activities with precision, ensuring impactful engagement through calls, emails, and face-to-face meetings. - Identify, establish, and nurture key accounts to unlock their full potential. - Promote our brand with passion and deliver an exceptional customer experience every step of the way. - Self-generate appointments and convert them into significant revenue gains. - Master the ins and outs of our clients products and services to deliver informed and effective solutions. - Offer expert guidance to address client concerns, resolve objections, and ensure timely follow-ups. - Take ownership of gross profit growth across various modes, aligning with our structured sales strategy. - Stay ahead of trends by participating in market campaigns and understanding relevant literature. Embody and uphold our company's values, proudly championing 'Our Approach to Business.' Our Ideal Business Development Manager - Ideally, you have a background of 2 years+ in Air & Sea sales and are eager to step into a dynamic business development role - You're commercially savvy and committed to delivering outstanding customer service. - Self-motivated, proactive, and brimming with the entrepreneurial spirit to succeed. - You excel at building connections, communicating effectively, and showcasing your passion for what you do. - You thrive as a self-starter, independently building a strong sales pipeline while managing customer accounts and relationships. - Comfortable working autonomously and driving your own success. - A valid, clean driving license is a must to navigate this exciting role! TPBN1_UKTJ

About The Role HomeServe are now recruiting for directly employed Water Supply Pipe Support Engineers to join our team! Location - Dartford Full Time - 40 hours per week. This includes some weekend, evening and bank holiday work Salary - £33,200 (includes location allowance). Plus a £1500 guaranteed bonus in your first year HomeServe offers an industry leading reward package to attract the best in our field: Additional paid overtime Fantastic pension scheme including Income Protection Cover 33 days days annual leave (including bank holidays) with the option to buy, sell or carry over up to an additional week Up to £2500 Smart Tech and Home Improvements salary sacrifices to shop at Ikea and Currys, spreading the cost over 12 months Free HomeServe Cover 8 policy Employee assistance programme looking out for you and your family Company van with fuel card Use of company tools, uniform and PPE Access to our private award-winning training facility and our excellent team of field-based coaches to support your ongoing learning and development Learning and development opportunities Monthly breakfast meetings with your team to share best practices and keep in touch as well as monthly reviews with your line manager About the role: At HomeServe we put the customers' experience at the forefront of everything we do. As a Labourer you will assist with the maintenance and repair work of water supply systems and drainage syatems in our customers' homes. You will provide industry leading service and help us enhance our reputation, whilst driving customer growth. Experience with assisting engineers in this type of work is recommended and must have a can do attitude with forward thinking of the tasks ahead. About The Candidate What you must have: Experience in assisting with repairs associated with, laying and identifying leaks on water mains and drainage services, reinstatement of excavations with different surface types (desirable). Aware of safe digging practices Full UK Driving Licence with no more than 6 penalty points Excellent customer service as it is a customer facing role Proactive, 'can do' attitude Keen eye for detail and problem-solving skills Physically fit as this is a manual task and is an all-weather role Adaptable team working is essential as you may not be with the same team member daily. At HomeServe youll be part of an open, engaged culture where everyone has an equal voice and the opportunity to get involved, as well as make a real difference in our customers' lives. You'll work in a fun, friendly and inclusive environment where people understand the value of their contribution to our goals and are encouraged to recognise a job well done. Training & Support: To help you settle in to your career at HomeServe, you will undertake our extensive training programme. Week 1 - You will attend our Head Office in Walsall Monday - Friday, where we will cover all things HomeServe, health and safety and provide you with your tools and equipment Week 2 - You will be buddied up with an experienced HomeServe Engineer Where geographically appropriate we will pay for your accommodation and meal allowance for your induction. The next steps: If you believe you are who we are looking forward for then click apply now! It's our people that truly make what we do so special. As part of the HomeServe family your job will be to put our customers first and we will give you everything you need to make this happen. TPBN1_UKTJ

About The Role Right across infrastructure, theres a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage youre at in your career, with us youll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive. Where will you be working? We help our clients safeguard the water supply, improve environmental performance and manage demand for future generations. We enhance and extend asset life, ensuring compliance with water quality and environmental standards. Were problem solvers with over 140 years of combined experience in engineering and infrastructure. This role will be within ourdemand management and network infrastructure team. We look after 60 million meters and our teams provide advanced metering solutions to help manage demand for essential suppliers. Want to be a part of it? What will you be doing? You'll work collaboratively with framework contractors, direct operational teams and the service delivery team to ensure to enable delivery in compliance with clients challenging SLAs. Delivering customer excellence and working compliantly to ensure we deliver compliant regulatory performance. You'll be responsible for all performance reporting for Engineers KPIs, which ensure we are achieving against client KPI targets.Manage and deliver all Metering project work, as required example Riser Cupboards, Analysis data to create and produce work batches for plumbers to attend. You'll need to manage all resource activities, annual leave, sickness trackers and escalate where gaps arise. Ensure all mandatory training is allocated to minimise operational disruption. Ensure training is attended prior to expiration to ensure 100% training compliance across the plumbing teams. We'll need you to complete plant compliance checks and ensure PUWER audits are completed, and actions are escalated. You'll collate stock sheets and escalate to relevant party for sign off and approval along with handling the completion of desk top audits, review and sign off FYLD audits and issue relevant PTW escalating any issues as they occur. You'll monitor Samsara, Asset Go & People Safe systems to escalate any issues and ensure the plumbing team are working safely and compliantly. You'll process any van PCNs as they are received and set up all required accounts and activations and ensure these are deactivated as per the leavers procedures SIRT, FSL, TEAMS, Phones etc. You'll work a 45 hour week, Monday-Friday 07:30 to 17:00. Overtime will be at agreed rate What youll bring Do you have the ability to negotiate and manage stakeholders? Do you have proven IT skills particularly - MS Office -excel, word, power point Thames Water Metering Systems, TEAMS, FYLD? Are you an effective communicator, both verbally and written? Do you have a strong analytical capability with the ability to collaborate and build relationships with operatives? Do you have strong organisational skills and the ability to prioritize tasks in a fast-paced environment? Are you a flexible Team worker, with the ability to work volumes under pressure? Whats in it for you? We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include; Matched or contributory pension scheme Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year Employee assistance programme My Rewards portal, access to 1000s of retail discounts Life assurance Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave Reward and recognition scheme In addition, this role offers; Health Care Cash Plan, giving you the ability to claim back medical expenses for things like dental, eyecare and physiotherapy and much more! Discretionary bonus scheme 25days annual leave plus bank holidays Recommend a friend get rewarded for introducing people to us! Personal Accident Cover About us We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. Were one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting army veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs. Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours. Were responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet Were open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations Were together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts Were ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life Whether youre a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development. Its an exceptional time to be a part of M Group. Please note: Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered. For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3rdparty background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding. #MGroupW INDSTA TPBN1_UKTJ