Graduate Account Manager

Job Description:

Job Title: Graduate Account Manager

Location: Nottingham

Salary: £30,000 plus uncapped bonus

Job Type: Full-time, Permanent

The Opportunity

How 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.

Here’s how the scheme looks:​

First year – Stage 1

• Account Manager - Basic Salary – £30K

12+ months – Stage 2

• Account Manager - Basic Salary – £35K

24+ months – Stage 3

• Senior Account Manager - Basic Salary – £40K

36+ months – Stage 4

• Account Partner - Basic Salary – £45K

48+ months – Stage 5

• Senior Account Partner - Basic Salary – £50K & a company car

The Impact You Will Have:

Step 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.

As 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.

Supporting You Along the Way

We 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.

A Typical Day

• Customer Success: Maintain open communication to provide regular updates and ensure a smooth service journey
• Solutions Sourcing: Liaise with Operations Teams to source and quote the best freight solutions for new and existing customers
• Relationship Building: Pro-actively source leads, make contact via phone/video, and build strong relationships to meet customer needs and develop future opportunities
• Journey Management: Oversee all transport journeys, guiding customers through any complexities or hitches that arise
• Continuous Learning: Navigate the ever-changing world of logistics, eager to learn and develop your knowledge with support from industry professionals

Is This Role for You?

• Do you have a 2:1 degree?
• Do you have a minimum of 6 months customer-facing experience?
• Are you confident in reaching out and instigating conversations with potential customers?
• Are you passionate about providing value to customers?
• Are you driven, resilient, and determined to succeed?
• Can you work independently?

What We'll Offer You

• Besides a great work environment, here are some of our core benefits:
• Contributory pension (up to 6% employer contribution)
• Life Assurance of 4 times basic salary
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Office-based, Monday – Friday, 9 am – 5 pm (inclusive of 1 hour lunch)
• Family Focus: Up to 8 weeks paid Enhanced Parental Leave
• Culture of internal promotion and progression
• Paid professional development day each year with a training allowance
• Wellness Package: Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), Gym allowance, and Dental plan
• Culture & Community: Regular social events, free weekly breakfast/team lunch, sustainable travel allowance, and paid volunteering days with our partner or chosen charity.
• Modern, open-plan offices with an on-site coffee house and dedicated wellbeing room.

Our Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion

Baxter 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).

Inclusive Recruitment at Baxter Freight

Our recruitment process is designed to be fair, consistent, and inclusive. We hire for skills, attributes, experience, required qualifications, and potential, not background.

To 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.

If you require any support or adjustments during the recruitment process, please contact us directly.

For further information on the role and the team here at Baxter Freight please visit our website and careers page.

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