Business Development/Marketing Officer at Apata & Ascott Limited

Job Description

• Following up new business opportunities and setting up meetings.
• Planning and preparing presentations.
• Communicate new product developments to prospective clients.
• Oversee the development of marketing literature.
• Writing reports and providing management with feedback.
• Visiting clients and attending networking events.
• Identify trendsetter ideas by researching industry and related events, publications, and announcements; tracking individual contributors and their accomplishments.
• Locate or propose potential business deals by contacting potential partners; discovering and exploring opportunities.
• Screen potential business deals by analyzing market strategies, deal requirements, potential, and financials; evaluating options; resolving internal priorities; recommending equity investments.
• Develop negotiating strategies and positions by studying integration of new venture with company strategies and operations; examining risks and potentials; estimating partners' needs and goals.
• Close new business deals by coordinating requirements; developing and negotiating contracts; integrating contract requirements with business operations.
• Conduct weekly meeting with marketing people for enquiry and follow up to grow the business.
• Protects organization's value by keeping information confidential.
• Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.
• Enhance organization reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.
• Meet targets on sales, projections and business deals.

Qualifications and Skills

• Bachelor's Degree in Marketing or equivalent from a reputable institution.
• Minimum of 2 years experience as a corporate marketer with knowledge of hospitality industry trends.
• Business intelligence
• Marketing and Collaboration skills
• Communication & Inter personal skills
• Research & Strategy
• Negotiation & Persuasion
• Well conversant with social media marketing and Google SEOs
• Confident, self-motivated, well organized, able to multi-task