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# Business Development Manager at cargo-partner

- **Company:** cargo-partner
- **Location:** Zagreb, Croatia
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-07-22
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-07
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/cargo-partner/4a05840f-5c23-4a0c-b102-7c04910f86f3

## Job description

Based in Zagreb but thinking globally?

We are looking for a Business Development Manager who will bring more than 3 years of  experience in sales, in freight forwarding industry.

We’re looking for a confident negotiator who treats every client like a partner and every target like a personal challenge.

Are you ready to show your best game ? (not only in sales results, we are also into sports ;-)

## Requirements

- Min. of 3 years of work experience in sales
- Commercial education at higher level
- Deep industrial knowledge is considered as advantage
- Advanced computer literacy (MS Office)
- Fluency in English (written and spoken)
- Category B driver’s license
- Proficiency in SPOT and CRM systems, including the ability to train others on these platforms

Personal qualities

- Experience in business development (sales)
- Strong negotiation skills
- Highly sales-oriented mindset
- Self-confidence and a proactive approach
- Positive attitude towards work, colleagues, and clients
- Professional conduct and appearance
- Willingness and ability for business travels

## Key responsibilites

- Active sales and business development within defined field of responsibility
- Executing personal sales and business development activities
- Acquisition of new clients, developing portfolio
- Representing interest of the Company before 3rd parties
- Presenting services
- Cooperation with other organizational units with other departments within the Company

## We offer

- Dynamic, international and multicultural work environment
- Healthy work atmosphere
- Flat hierarchy and quick decision making
- Performance oriented salary and bonus opportunity
- Participation in sport events
- Team work

At cargo-partner, we believe work should be as inspiring as it is rewarding.

That’s why we offer a stimulating environment built on open communication, quick decision making,  a long-term contract to help you truly settle in (following a 6-month probation period). cargo-partner will provide; base salary, bonuses, company car, a laptop, and a mobile phone to keep you moving and connected, transportation allowance, meal allowance, holiday and Christmas compensation, benefit in kind etc.

We can't wait to see your application!

## About cargo-partner

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: cargo-partner is a full-range info-logistics provider offering a comprehensive portfolio of air, sea, land transport and warehousing services, with specialized expertise in information technology and supply chain optimization.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Member of the Nippon Express Group since January 2024)
- **Headquarters**: Fischamend, Austria (near Vienna)
- **Founded**: 1983
- **Founders**: Not publicly available

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
- **Target customers**: B2B, serving a wide range of industries including Automotive & Spare Parts, Foodstuffs & Perishables, High Tech & Electronics, Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare, and Retail, Fashion & Lifestyle
- **Mission/purpose statement**: To streamline all processes along the entire supply chain, focusing on quality assurance and sustainable progress to provide fast and efficient solutions and ensure the long-term success of the company, its clients, its employees, and its industry.

## Products & Services
- **Air Freight**: Full-range air cargo services including a Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) program that can reduce CO₂e emissions by up to 80% compared to conventional fossil fuels.
- **Sea Freight**: Comprehensive sea cargo solutions, including the use of Sustainable Marine Fuel (SMF) — the company reduced CO₂e emissions by 811 tonnes through SMF in the first half of 2026.
- **Road Transport**: A rapidly expanding European Road Transport network with a strategic focus on trade flows linking Slovakia, the Czech Republic, and Poland with Italy, Türkiye, the UK, and Ireland.
- **Warehousing & Logistics**: Over 300,000 m² of warehouse space, including the iLogistics Center in Dunajská Streda, Slovakia, a key hub for automotive and high-tech sectors.
- **SPOT Platform**: A proprietary IT platform enabling easy collaboration and full transparency throughout the supply chain.
- **Supply Chain Management & Consulting**: Teams analyze customer processes along the value creation chain, identify optimization opportunities, and implement improvements.
- **Specialized Industry Solutions**: Dedicated competence centers for Automotive, Foodstuffs, High Tech, Pharmaceuticals (with unbroken cold chain from -70°C to +30°C), and Retail/Fashion.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private company, member of the Nippon Express Group)
- **Key Metrics**: Annual Revenue of EUR 2.06 billion (LinkedIn estimate) or EUR 1.7 billion Turnover (2024 company fact sheet); 3,800+ employees; 150+ offices in 35+ countries
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Parent company is Nippon Express Holdings, Inc. (since January 2024). The company has a history of strategic acquisitions including Transcargo (2021), Gibon Logistics (2021), Repalog (2021), and Associated Customs & Forwarding (2021).
- **Growth Signals**: 
  - Significant expansion of European Road Transport network in response to nearshoring trends
  - 1,191,035 total shipments in 2024
  - Handling 176,000 tonnes of air cargo, 162,000 TEU of sea cargo, and 1,306,000 tonnes of road transport annually
  - Awarded EcoVadis Silver Medal for sustainability (score of 72, 85th percentile)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Nippon Express Group Backing**: Since January 2024, cargo-partner has the financial strength, global network, and brand credibility of one of the world's largest logistics groups.
- **Proprietary Technology (SPOT Platform)**: Their own fully integrated IT platform provides end-to-end transparency and collaboration, a key differentiator in a traditionally fragmented industry.
- **Sustainability Leadership**: Offers concrete green logistics programs (SAF and SMF) and holds an EcoVadis Silver Medal, appealing to environmentally-conscious clients.
- **Specialized Industry Expertise**: Dedicated competence centers for Automotive, Pharma, High-Tech, and Food provide deep domain knowledge that generalist competitors cannot match.
- **Strategic European Network**: Strong presence in Central and Eastern Europe with an intermodal logistics hub in Slovakia, well-positioned for nearshoring trends.

## Strategic Focus
- **Network Expansion**: Actively expanding Road Transport services across Europe, particularly on the Slovakia/Czech Republic/Poland to Italy/Türkiye/UK/Ireland corridors.
- **Sustainability**: Growing their SAF and SMF programs to help clients decarbonize supply chains; targeting continued improvement in EcoVadis ratings.
- **Integration with Nippon Express**: Leveraging the parent company's global reach to offer seamless end-to-end solutions, particularly for clients with Asia-Europe trade lanes.
- **Digital Transformation**: Continuing to invest in the SPOT platform and IT capabilities to improve transparency and efficiency.
- **Industry Specialization**: Deepening expertise in high-growth verticals like pharmaceuticals (cold chain) and high-tech electronics.

## Why Work Here
- **Global, Diverse Environment**: Over 3,800 employees across 35+ countries, offering opportunities for international collaboration and career mobility within the wider Nippon Express Group.
- **Variety of Career Paths**: Clearly defined career profiles in Operations, Sales, Information Technology, Supply Chain Management, Finance, Legal & Insurance, and Training & Quality Management.
- **Meaningful Work**: Employees directly impact global supply chains for critical industries like pharmaceuticals and food, with a growing focus on sustainability.
- **Stability & Growth**: Backed by a major global logistics group (Nippon Express), with a 40+ year history of consistent growth and a track record of strategic acquisitions.
- **Work Policy**: Not explicitly stated as remote/hybrid; likely office-based at specific logistics hubs and offices given the operational nature of the business. The headquarters is in Fischamend, Austria, with major hubs in Slovakia and across Central/Eastern Europe.
- **Employer Rating**: 3.7/5.0 on LinkedIn (94 reviews), with Work-Life Balance scored at 3.8/5.0.
- **Perks & Culture**: The company emphasizes an "Empowering Culture. Rewarding Opportunities. Exciting Possibilities." and actively encourages unsolicited applications if no perfect match is found.

## Sources
1. [cargo-partner.com - Company Profile](https://www.cargo-partner.com/company/profile)
2. [cargo-partner.com - Homepage](https://www.cargo-partner.com/)
3. [cargo-partner.com - Careers](https://www.cargo-partner.com/career)
4. [LinkedIn - cargo-partner](https://at.linkedin.com/company/cargo-partner)
5. [jobs.lever.co - cargo-partner](https://jobs.lever.co/cargo-partner)

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