Business Development Manager at Excel and Grace Consulting

Job Description

• Research and identify new business opportunities including new markets, growth areas, trends, customers, partnerships, products and services or new ways of reaching existing markets
• 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
• 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
• Train members of your team, arranging external training where appropriate
• Discuss promotional strategy and activities with the marketing department
• Liaise with the finance team, warehousing and logistics departments as appropriate
• Seek ways of improving the way the business operates
• Attend seminars, conferences and events where appropriate
• Keep abreast of trends and changes in the business world.
• Help to plan sales campaigns, create a sales pipeline and increase sales of the business products.
• carry out sales forecasts and analysis and present your findings to management
• Develop the business sales and marketing strategy.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Marketing or related field.
• 3+ years’ experience in sales, marketing or related field.
• Strong communication skills and IT fluency.
• Ability to manage complex projects and multi-task.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Ability to flourish with minimal guidance, be proactive, and handle uncertainty.
• Proficient in Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.
• Comfortable using a computer for various tasks.