Business Development Officer

Responsibilities:

• Use sales, business development, marketing techniques, and networking to attract new client companies
• Identify & develop relationships with clients (new and existing) through high-level marketing calls. Offer market intelligence, present at pitches and business development meetings, and actively introduce colleagues
• Prospect for potential new clients and turn this into increased business.
• Cold call as appropriate within the geographic area to ensure a robust pipeline of opportunities.
• Meet potential clients by growing, maintaining, and leveraging your network.
• Identify potential clients and the decision-makers within the client organization.
• Research and build relationships with new clients.
• Set up meetings between client decision-makers.
• Work with the team to develop proposals that speak to the client’s needs, concerns, and objectives.
• Produce excellent quality, well-written documents that add value to an assignment
• Be responsible for all activities revolving around following up and converting aspiring prospects, corporate clients, and partners into paying clients.
• Be on the front lines negotiating deals with clients; and responsible for selling our services directly to a corporate organization with a focus mainly on large corporations as well as small and medium enterprises.
• Update and refine our sales and growth strategy
• Manage & maintain excellent & long-term relationships with clients that are built on trust
• Create, develop, and deliver events that offer clients and senior candidates the opportunity to network
• Listen to and interpret client requirements, developing commercially sound solutions
• Professionally manage and deliver all assignments won, to successful completion

Requirements

• Minimum academic qualification of a Bachelor's degree in Business administration or any related field
• Minimum of 1 year of proven experience as a Sales Person is an added advantage 
• Knowledge of sourcing techniques on social media and niche professional websites like LinkedIn, HubSpot
  
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Good written and verbal communications skills
• Team spirit
• Excellent customer service and leadership skills.
• Strong networking abilities.
• Ability to diagnose problems and find solutions.
• BSc in Business Administration, Marketing, or relevant field

Note: We are committed to improving diversity in the workspace and work to ensure that our team is supportive of our employees. We strongly encourage applications from women.