Business Development Manager at Resource Intermediaries Limited

Job Objective
To increase the company’s market share by implementing aggressive customer-acquisition strategies – focused on growth and positive feedback from existing and potential customers.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Collect and analyze data on customer demographics, preferences and needs to identify potential markets and factors affecting product/service demand.
• Conduct research on consumer opinions and marketing strategies, collaborating with marketing professionals, statisticians and other professionals.
• Develop and implement procedures for identifying advertising needs.
• Gather data on competitors and analyze their prices, product & services and method of marketing and distribution.
• Prepare reports of findings, while making recommendations.
• Measure and assess customer satisfaction.
• Measure the effectiveness of marketing, advertising, and communication programmes and strategies.
• Seek and provide information to help organisation determine its position in the marketplace.
• Conduct market survey on competitors and propose strategies for staying ahead
• Define and develop target segments
• Meeting with clients to negotiate and agree on terms of reference.
• Provide advice on business decisions
• Confer with other departments to identify trends and key group interests and concerns

Required Skills and Competencies

Functional Competencies

• Statistical Analysis
• Research and Data Management
• Benchmarking
• Critical Thinking
• Analytical and Numeric
• Business and Management
• Commercial Awareness
• Languages

Generic Skills

• Oral Communication
• Written Communication
• Leadership
• Customer Orientation
• Work Planning
• Interpersonal

Qualifications

• A relevant first degree
• MBA, Professional qualification in a statistical related course is a plus

Attributes

• Interpersonal Relations
• Creative Problem Solving
• Integrity
• Proactive
• Ability to drive
• Attention to Detail