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Business Development Director

Key Facts

Remote From: 
Full time
Expert & Leadership (>10 years)
English

Other Skills

  • Relationship Building
  • Intellectual Curiosity
  • Resilience

Roles & Responsibilities

  • Proven track record in enterprise logistics sales and net-new business development (hunter role) with the ability to close multi-million-dollar deals.
  • Strong prospecting and pipeline management skills, including cold calling, emailing, and leveraging warm leads.
  • Ability to quarterback deals with cross-functional teams (operations, finance, leadership) and develop strategic account plans.
  • Willingness and ability to travel approximately 50% in a remote role; self-starter, autonomous, and highly collaborative.

Requirements:

  • Lead generation and prospecting for new customers, including cold outreach and leveraging warm leads; manage a personal sales funnel.
  • Develop strategic account plans and quarterback deals internally with operations, finance, and leadership through the full sales cycle.
  • Attend industry conferences and networking events; travel as required and meet prospects in person when possible.
  • Provide market intelligence to marketing and help expand brand awareness in target markets.

Job description

Xpedient Logistics – Business Development Director

Reports to

Vice President of Sales & Marketing

Location

Fully Remote

  • Preferred markets: Dallas or California
  • Open to candidates nationwide

Selling

Warehousing, Order Fulfillment, Supply Chain Management, Transportation/Logistics

This is a fully remote position, however they would be expected to travel often.

Travel Expectations

Approximately 50% travel

  • Typically half the week
  • Often Mon–Tues or Mon–Wed travel
  • Rarely full-week travel

Travel is primarily for:

  • Customer meetings
  • Site visits
  • Conferences and networking events

Travel logistics:

  • Book your own travel
  • Company credit card provided
  • AI-driven expense and travel management system

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

This is a true hunter role focused on net-new business development.

Responsibilities include

  • Prospecting for new customers
  • Cold calling, emails, and leveraging warm leads
  • Managing a personal sales funnel
  • Developing strategic account plans
  • Quarterbacking deals internally with operations, finance, and leadership
  • Attending industry conferences and networking events
  • Meeting prospects in person whenever possible
  • Providing market intelligence back to marketing
  • Helping expand brand awareness in the market

You are essentially the “quarterback” of the deal internally, pulling together all stakeholders.

Target Customers

They sell to mid-market through large enterprise companies.

Typical decision makers

  • Warehouse Directors
  • Transportation Managers
  • VP-level leadership

Industries

  • Retail
  • Consumer products
  • Furniture
  • Bulk goods
  • Logistics-heavy businesses

Client Size Range

  • Companies with $50M to $15–20B in revenue
  • Some clients have 10 employees, others 20,000+

What Success Looks Like (KPIs)

Primary Targets

  • $7.5M in new revenue annually
  • 33% close ratio
  • 90% renewal rate on existing contracts

Sales Process

  • Typical sales cycle:

    • New clients: 6–18 months
    • Existing clients: 3–6 months
  • This is a true enterprise-style logistics sales cycle requiring persistence and relationship-building.

Key Traits

  • Competitive and driven
  • Self-starter
  • Autonomous
  • Curious and innovative
  • Comfortable with long sales cycles
  • Strong internal collaboration skills

This is a remote position.


Salary: $131,000 - $180,000

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