Business Development Manager
Job Purpose
- To develop new businesses in assigned region, nurture and optimize the new and existing relationships with a view to deepening our market share.
Main Duties & Responsibilities
- Develop and implement plans for business and revenue growth.
- Research, plan, and implement target marketing initiatives.
- Research prospective clients in target markets.
- Generate leads and follow through the sales cycle.
- Develop business proposals and make presentations to prospective clients.
- Represent the company in business meetings.
- Ensure client satisfaction.
- Develop and implement strategies to avoid revenue losses and delays in payments from clients.
- Review of EPP contracts and PPAs to ensure they align with agreements with client.
- Create long-term value from customers, markets, and relationships
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
- Percentage of financial target achieved
- Number of leads generated and positively concluded
- Level of compliance with the company’s CRM software
- Client attrition rate
- Number of new clients
- Number of projects renewed/extended at expiration
- Level of improvement in strategic initiative
- Ability to generate leads and effectively follow up on them
- Growth and Sales Cycle Time
Qualifications & Experience Required
- HND/Bachelor Degree in either of Engineering, Business Administration, Marketing or any relevant course. Masters degree is an added advantage.
- Membership of any professional body is an added advantage.
- Minimum of 10 years’ experience in Business Development, out of which at least 4 years must be in a relevant industry.
Required Skills/Competencies
- Excellent negotiation and interpersonal skills
- Business networking skills
- Excellent written, oral communication/presentation skills
- Technical skills
- Proficiency in English and French is mandatory
- Ability to develop new businesses and effectively manage existing ones.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Cover Letter and CV as PDF or Word document to: [email protected]
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