Business Development & Commercial Officer

Responsibilities:

• Identify and pursue new business opportunities and potential clients.
• Generate leads and develop a strong commercial pipeline.
• Identify revenue-generating contracts across GGE's business sectors.
• Develop and maintain relationships with clients, investors and strategic partners.
• Prepare business proposals, quotations and commercial offers.
• Conduct client meetings, presentations and negotiations.
• Follow up on prospects and convert opportunities into signed contracts.
• Research markets, competitors and potential commercial opportunities.
• Support partnership development and business expansion.
• Maintain accurate records of business leads, prospects and transactions.
• Prepare weekly and monthly business development reports.
• Work with management to achieve agreed commercial and revenue targets.

Requirements:

• HND in Business Administration, Marketing, Economics, Finance, Sales Management or related disciplines.
• Minimum 2–3 years of relevant professional experience.
• Proven experience in business development, sales or commercial operations.
• Strong client acquisition and relationship management skills.
• Excellent negotiation, persuasion and presentation abilities.
• Ability to identify, evaluate and convert business opportunities.
• Good understanding of commercial contracts and business proposals.
• Strong communication, networking and interpersonal skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and CRM tools.
• Ability to work independently and meet performance targets.

Required Skills:

• Business development and lead generation.
• B2B sales and commercial negotiations.
• Client acquisition and retention.
• Strategic partnership development.
• Proposal writing and presentation.
• Market research and business intelligence.
• Contract development and follow-up.
• CRM and sales pipeline management.
• Revenue generation and opportunity conversion.

Additional Requirements:

• Must reside in Benin City, Edo State.
• Must be available for onsite work and physical business meetings.
• Must demonstrate professionalism, integrity and accountability.
• Must be proactive, persuasive, commercially minded and results-oriented.
• Must be comfortable working in a Startup/pre-funding environment.