Job Description

Responsibilities

As a business development manager, you\'ll need to:

- research and identify new business opportunities - including new markets, growth areas, trends, customers, partnerships.

- seek out the appropriate contact in an organisation

- generate leads and cold call prospective customers

- meet with customers/clients face to face or over the phone

- foster and develop relationships with customers/clients

- understand the needs of your customers/clients and be able to respond effectively with a plan of how to meet these

- think strategically - seeing the bigger picture and setting aims and objectives in order to develop and improve the business

- work strategically - carrying out necessary planning in order to implement operational changes

- have a good understanding of the businesses\' products or services and be able to advise others about them

- ensure staff are on board throughout the organisation, and understand the need for change and what is required of them

- attend seminars, conferences and events where appropriate - keep abreast of trends and changes in the business world. - help to plan sales campaign.

- increase sales of the business

- carry out sales forecasts and analysis and present your findings to senior management/the board of directors

- develop the business sales and marketing strategy.

Qualifications

Degrees in business development or business management is required.

- Other relevant subjects like economics, finance and marketing will be an added advantage.

Skills

You\'ll need to have:

- tenacity and drive to seek new business and meet or exceed targets

- an excellent telephone manner for making initial contact and for ongoing communication with customers and business associates

- interpersonal skills for building and developing relationships with clients

- written and verbal communication skills

- teamworking skills and a collaborative approach to work

- decision-making skills

- the ability to multitask and prioritise your workload

- project management and organisational skills

- the ability to motivate yourself and set your own goals

- negotiating skills

- the ability to think strategically

- the ability to analyse sales figures and write reports

- a flexible approach to work with the ability to adapt to a fast-paced, ever-changing environment

- initiative and the confidence to start things from scratch.

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