Vacancy For Business Development Manager In A Reputable Food Processing Company
Enzo Krypton and Company - Our client, a company with focus on Food Processing, Distribution and Packaging. It currently has organisations in the Restaurant and Confectionery sectors of the industry.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Business Development Manager
Location: Lagos
Job Type: Full-Time
Job Summary
- We are seeking to expand our human resources pool and grow business operations through hiring a Business Development Executive to ensure leading efforts to establish and retain business growth opportunities.
- The ideal candidate is a young, dynamic individual who is a self-starter with the ability to lead activities and would report directly to the CEO.
Job Description
- To improve the organization’s market position and achieve financial growth. The Business Development Executive defines long-term organizational strategic goals, builds key customer relationships, identifies business opportunities, negotiates and closes business deals and maintains extensive knowledge of current market conditions.
Responsibilities
- Will play a strategic/support role in managing external stakeholders especially: partners, vendors, clients and regulatory authorities etc.
- Develop and lead the Business Development team in sourcing, managing and implementing new business opportunities
- Ensure efficient and effective marketing, advertising and promotional planning through the Marketing department
- Management, monitoring, reporting and communication in regard to financial and physical resources, administration and budgeting
- Providing strategic direction for the company – will entail implementing the corporate strategy recommendations of the company – across marketing, operations and financial management
- Manage the regular market and industry evaluation process of the company –conducting constant research as directed for: customer analysis, competitive landscape analysis, trends and risk assessments
- Developing and implementing a marketing and sales plan: product development, pricing, promotions and distribution activities
- The business development executive will be given a financial target and will be required to work with the marketing executives to achieve the set target
- Managing the company’s business relationships – will entail overseeing the company’s corporate accounts including following-up on transactions and payments while looking for new business opportunities
- Driving retail sales and coordinating all operations, especially supply chain management
Required Experience, Skills and Qualifications
Qualifications/Requirements
- The ideal candidate will hold a minimum of a Degree in Business, Marketing, Business Development, Economics, Finance, or related field and 3-5 years of sales or marketing experience.
- Experience and /or knowledge of the agricultural sector are an added advantage.
Skills:
- High-level communication skills
- Stakeholder management skills
- Proven ability to negotiate
- Experience with design and implementation of business development strategy
Conflict resolution:
- Demonstrate intermediate project management abilities
- Demonstrate ability to set individual work plans and manage time and work with limited supervision to meet deadlines
- Collaborate with senior management, working with them to effectively execute strategies and projects
- The ability to self-motivate and motivate a team
- Experience working to and exceeding targets
- Be business and market savvy
- Be able to think logically and clearly, and exhibit strong problem solving abilities
- Exhibit superior written and verbal communication
Salary
Competitive and commensurate with qualifications and experience.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Applications and CV's to:
[email protected]
Application Deadline 27th October, 2018.