Business Development Executive

Responsibilities:

• Identify and develop new business opportunities through field visits, calls, emails, LinkedIn, referrals, and networking events.
• Build and maintain relationships with senior decision-makers across banking, insurance, energy, FMCG, real estate, professional services, and other relevant sectors.
• Research prospective clients, verify business information, and maintain accurate databases of organisations and key contacts.
• Arrange and attend strategic meetings, prepare briefing notes, document agreed actions, and ensure timely follow-through.
• Develop partnerships with professional associations, chambers of commerce, corporates, universities, and relevant institutions.
• Leverage social media and digital platforms to identify prospects, generate leads, and monitor industry trends.
• Prepare business proposals, presentations, reports, correspondence, and other relevant documents.
• Conduct research on prospective clients to understand their business priorities, leadership changes, projects, and potential needs.
• Attend conferences, networking events, and business forums to identify opportunities and build valuable connections.
• Maintain accurate records of calls, client visits, meetings, proposals, sales opportunities, and outcomes.
• Generate innovative ideas to improve lead generation, market penetration, referrals, and conversion rates.
• Provide administrative support, including meeting scheduling, diary management, document organisation, and sales pipeline tracking.
• Monitor business development activities and contribute to achieving agreed sales targets.

Requirements:

• A minimum of a bachelor's degree with at least a second-class lower qualification.
• At least 3 years of verifiable sales or business development experience in the banking or insurance sector.
• Proven ability to meet sales targets and develop new client relationships.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Confidence in engaging senior executives and key decision-makers.
• Good knowledge of Lagos and the ability to travel independently to client locations.
• Proficiency in LinkedIn, email, online research, and other digital productivity tools.
• Strong organisational, administrative, analytical, and relationship management skills.
• Excellent attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple priorities effectively.

Skills and Competencies:

• Business development and lead generation
• Sales negotiation and client relationship management
• Market research and prospect identification
• Strategic networking and partnership development
• Proposal writing and presentation skills
• Digital prospecting and social media engagement
• Time management, organisation, and record-keeping
• Initiative, resilience, integrity, and accountability

Personal Attributes:

• The ideal candidate should demonstrate hard work, patience, commitment, humility, integrity, resilience, initiative, 
• A genuine willingness to learn.
• They must be dependable, commercially minded, proactive
• Capable of working independently while contributing to the organisation’s growth objectives.

What Success Looks Like:

• Consistent generation of qualified leads and new business opportunities.
• Achievement of agreed sales and business development targets.
• Strong relationships with clients, partners, and key decision-makers.
• Accurate and up-to-date prospect databases and sales pipeline records.
• Effective execution of meetings, proposals, and business development activities.

Remuneration: NGN 280,000 Monthly