Business Relations Executive at InfoStrategy Technology

Job Description

• Develop pricing strategies, balancing firm objectives and customer satisfaction.
• Identify, develop, and evaluate marketing strategy, based on knowledge of establishment objectives, market characteristics, and cost and markup factors.
• Negotiate contracts with vendors and distributors to manage product distribution, establishing distribution networks and developing distribution strategies.
• Consult with product development personnel on product specifications such as design, color, and packaging.
• Compile lists describing product or service offerings.
• Advise business and other groups on local, national, and international factors affecting the buying and selling of products and services.
• Initiate market research studies and analyze their findings.
• Consult with buying personnel to gain advice regarding the types of products or services expected to be in demand by client.
• Conduct economic and commercial surveys to identify potential markets for products and services.
• Ensure products and services meet the need of the client.

Qualification

• HND / Degree qualification in relevant discipline.

General Competencies
The following competencies (behaviours and characteristics) have been identified as key to success in the positions. Successful candidates are expected to demonstrate these competencies:

• Strategic Thinking - Can identify a vision along with the plans that need to be implemented to meet the end goal. Evaluates situations, decisions, issues, etc. in the short, medium and longer-term.
• Achievement: have the necessary determination and tenacity to complete high quality work, overcoming obstacles caused by conflicting priorities, lack of resources or difficult or demanding situation or under consistent high pressure.
• Analytical Thinking: Ability to prioritise and take important timely and quality judgement/decisions based on an assessment of the impact and implications of the likely outcomes.
• Flexibility: Ability to adapt to and work with a variety of situations, individuals and groups, as well as willingness to learn/improve own skills, plan, take initiative and organize work independently.
• Entrepreneurship: Ability to formulate new ideas or to adapt or use existing ideas in a new or unexpected way to solve problems, thereby increasing effectiveness of our work.
• Self-Awareness: Have an understanding of own strengths, limitations, emotions, etc and how it impacts on others.
• Teamworking: Ability to establish harmonious work-relationships with colleagues in a multicultural environment.
• Communication: Ability to present, discuss and explain coherently and logically both in writing and verbally.
• Resilience - Ability to maintain personal effectiveness by managing own emotions in the face of pressure, set backs or when dealing with provocative situations. Can demonstrate an approach to work that is characterised by commitment, motivation and energy.
• Influencing and Persuading - Ability to present sound and well-reasoned arguments to convince others. Can draw from a range of strategies to persuade people in a way that results in agreement or behaviour change.
• Ability to work under pressure - Maintain composure under intense pressure while working to meet deadlines; respond and adapt to emergency situations.

Note:

• A job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance.
• This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.