Job Title: Business Development Executive Hybrid, working remotely from home and the Windsor office and conducting site visits across England and Wales Role Overview: 1. You will be conducting site visits to potential borrowers at their place of business to assess if we are proceeding to a lending decision. 2. You will be assessing director behaviour, business sector and collating any further documentation required to determine your final lending decision. 3. You will be looking at the risks involved with the business and put these factors towards the lending decision. 4. The information that is gathered at the underwriting stage will also support you to conduct the visit. 5. You will be required to present the site visit findings to the Loan Sales Manager along with your business decision as to whether we should approve the lending decision. 6. You will be required to build a business relationship with the director(s) you meet during your site visits to enable a solid line of communication. You be required to make contact directly with the director(s) to confirm, re-arrange and ensure that the director has all necessary documents and proof prepared for their visit. 7. A strong understanding of commercial lending, risk assessment and financial analysis is required. 8. Absolute professionalism whilst representing the company is essential. 9. Strong time management is vital in this role. Role Responsibilities • Support the underwriting team by underwriting cases when you are not out on the road. • Maintain an understanding of and comply with all relevant lending regulations, including those from financial regulatory bodies and internal lending policies. • Upon completion of the site visit, ensure you carry out a post visit meeting with the Loan Sales Manager, at this stage you must ensure you raise any red flags/ concerns regarding the business we are considering lending to. • Evaluate creditworthiness and risks of loan applicants by analysing financial data including income, financial statements, and collateral when underwriting cases. • Provide excellent customer service by promptly responding to questions and concerns from loan applicants, explaining the loan application process, and communicating decisions effectively. • Keep yourself updated on loan products, underwriting standards, and collections procedures. • Ensure all documentation and ID Verification checks are prepared and completed to a satisfactory standard before submitting the case to the lending department. • Be able to operate with proficiency CRM systems and keep accurate notes and documentation. • Make it your responsibility to know your customers. Requirements: • Use of own car as you will be required to drive to our customers (monthly car allowance). • Confident, friendly and a professional manner is required at all times as you will representing the company when onsite visits. • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. • Excellent analytical and decision-making abilities. • Knowledge of loan compliance and regulatory standards.
Dec 05, 2025
Full time
Job Title: Business Development Executive Hybrid, working remotely from home and the Windsor office and conducting site visits across England and Wales Role Overview: 1. You will be conducting site visits to potential borrowers at their place of business to assess if we are proceeding to a lending decision. 2. You will be assessing director behaviour, business sector and collating any further documentation required to determine your final lending decision. 3. You will be looking at the risks involved with the business and put these factors towards the lending decision. 4. The information that is gathered at the underwriting stage will also support you to conduct the visit. 5. You will be required to present the site visit findings to the Loan Sales Manager along with your business decision as to whether we should approve the lending decision. 6. You will be required to build a business relationship with the director(s) you meet during your site visits to enable a solid line of communication. You be required to make contact directly with the director(s) to confirm, re-arrange and ensure that the director has all necessary documents and proof prepared for their visit. 7. A strong understanding of commercial lending, risk assessment and financial analysis is required. 8. Absolute professionalism whilst representing the company is essential. 9. Strong time management is vital in this role. Role Responsibilities • Support the underwriting team by underwriting cases when you are not out on the road. • Maintain an understanding of and comply with all relevant lending regulations, including those from financial regulatory bodies and internal lending policies. • Upon completion of the site visit, ensure you carry out a post visit meeting with the Loan Sales Manager, at this stage you must ensure you raise any red flags/ concerns regarding the business we are considering lending to. • Evaluate creditworthiness and risks of loan applicants by analysing financial data including income, financial statements, and collateral when underwriting cases. • Provide excellent customer service by promptly responding to questions and concerns from loan applicants, explaining the loan application process, and communicating decisions effectively. • Keep yourself updated on loan products, underwriting standards, and collections procedures. • Ensure all documentation and ID Verification checks are prepared and completed to a satisfactory standard before submitting the case to the lending department. • Be able to operate with proficiency CRM systems and keep accurate notes and documentation. • Make it your responsibility to know your customers. Requirements: • Use of own car as you will be required to drive to our customers (monthly car allowance). • Confident, friendly and a professional manner is required at all times as you will representing the company when onsite visits. • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. • Excellent analytical and decision-making abilities. • Knowledge of loan compliance and regulatory standards.
Our client, a recognized player within the Freight Forwarding and Transportation industry offering specialist services within supply chain and logistics solutions, are looking to recruit a talented Road Freight Operator to join their team and offices local to Wythenshawe in the Manchester area. On Offer: An opportunity to join a highly regarded global logistics specialist Salary negotiable and dependent on skills and experience Paid overtime Annual salary review 20 days annual leave + public holidays. Holiday loyalty days up to a maximum of 5 days (1 day on the anniversary of your start date) along with One Milestone Day per year to take as you wish After 3 months service, employees are entitled to become a member of the Group personal Pension Plan. After one year s service the company offers enhanced Pension contributions of 9% annual salary and are eligible to join the Private Medical Scheme (application process required) Confidential EAP platform for you and your immediate family members as spouse/partners and children aged 16 to 24 in full-time education, living in the same household Access to Employee Discounts and Perks, which include Grocery Shopping, Holidays, Movies, Sports, Wellness and many more Main Purpose of the Road Freight Operator: The successful candidate will assist with the day-to-day running of the road freight operations and assist the Road Freight Operations Supervisor in the execution of their duties in support of the Head of Operations Road Freight North s vision of the company to become more competitive and profitable. Duties and Responsibilities of the Road Freight Operator: Understand and execute the departments vision of good business development in order to successfully import/export the companies Limited s products Ensure all customers and clients are invoiced correctly and on time in conjunction with SOPs. Ensure all duties/VAT is charged correctly upon invoicing and collect any monies due in line with SOPs. Complete all import/export activities and documentation correctly and on time. Ensure all other operational activities are completed on time and in conjunction with SOPs including financial, legal and invoicing transactions. Ensure all other operational activities are completed on time including preparing spot quotations, raise jobs, liaise with overseas offices/clients and raise delivery orders. Scrutinise all documentation for accuracy, authorise and pass for payment all invoices on time. Maintain excellent customer and inter-departmental relationships including assisting with client audits, inspection and collections and liaising with sales. Aid credit control with collection of overdue payments from suppliers and clients Report internal leads to the line manager/sales team. Follow up late customer payments in conjunction with credit control. Maintain and utilise the operational system at all times. Oversee client and sub-contractor management in conjunction with SOPs. Maintain regular communication with sales teams reporting new sales leads and handover of shipments. Create new and maintain current SOPs for the department. Communicate quotations to the line manager/sales team within two hours of receipt and ensure all quotations are recorded on the system in one format. Ensure best value for money is obtained during procurement processes. Implement and improve new efficiencies in workflow in conjunction with line manager. To Be Considered: Proven experience as a Road Freight Operator Quality organisational skills and ability to manage many tasks or projects at the same time. Ability to prioritise own workload but also be able to work as part of a team. Conversant in IT skills e.g., Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel) and CRM systems. For more details contact Willis Global a leading Recruitment Consultancy for the Supply Chain & Logistics industry.
Sep 23, 2025
Full time
Our client, a recognized player within the Freight Forwarding and Transportation industry offering specialist services within supply chain and logistics solutions, are looking to recruit a talented Road Freight Operator to join their team and offices local to Wythenshawe in the Manchester area. On Offer: An opportunity to join a highly regarded global logistics specialist Salary negotiable and dependent on skills and experience Paid overtime Annual salary review 20 days annual leave + public holidays. Holiday loyalty days up to a maximum of 5 days (1 day on the anniversary of your start date) along with One Milestone Day per year to take as you wish After 3 months service, employees are entitled to become a member of the Group personal Pension Plan. After one year s service the company offers enhanced Pension contributions of 9% annual salary and are eligible to join the Private Medical Scheme (application process required) Confidential EAP platform for you and your immediate family members as spouse/partners and children aged 16 to 24 in full-time education, living in the same household Access to Employee Discounts and Perks, which include Grocery Shopping, Holidays, Movies, Sports, Wellness and many more Main Purpose of the Road Freight Operator: The successful candidate will assist with the day-to-day running of the road freight operations and assist the Road Freight Operations Supervisor in the execution of their duties in support of the Head of Operations Road Freight North s vision of the company to become more competitive and profitable. Duties and Responsibilities of the Road Freight Operator: Understand and execute the departments vision of good business development in order to successfully import/export the companies Limited s products Ensure all customers and clients are invoiced correctly and on time in conjunction with SOPs. Ensure all duties/VAT is charged correctly upon invoicing and collect any monies due in line with SOPs. Complete all import/export activities and documentation correctly and on time. Ensure all other operational activities are completed on time and in conjunction with SOPs including financial, legal and invoicing transactions. Ensure all other operational activities are completed on time including preparing spot quotations, raise jobs, liaise with overseas offices/clients and raise delivery orders. Scrutinise all documentation for accuracy, authorise and pass for payment all invoices on time. Maintain excellent customer and inter-departmental relationships including assisting with client audits, inspection and collections and liaising with sales. Aid credit control with collection of overdue payments from suppliers and clients Report internal leads to the line manager/sales team. Follow up late customer payments in conjunction with credit control. Maintain and utilise the operational system at all times. Oversee client and sub-contractor management in conjunction with SOPs. Maintain regular communication with sales teams reporting new sales leads and handover of shipments. Create new and maintain current SOPs for the department. Communicate quotations to the line manager/sales team within two hours of receipt and ensure all quotations are recorded on the system in one format. Ensure best value for money is obtained during procurement processes. Implement and improve new efficiencies in workflow in conjunction with line manager. To Be Considered: Proven experience as a Road Freight Operator Quality organisational skills and ability to manage many tasks or projects at the same time. Ability to prioritise own workload but also be able to work as part of a team. Conversant in IT skills e.g., Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel) and CRM systems. For more details contact Willis Global a leading Recruitment Consultancy for the Supply Chain & Logistics industry.
