Business Development Manager at Amaiden Energy Nigeria

Job Nature: Standard

Description

• The Business Development Manager is responsible for driving the sales and marketing initiatives of the company while ensuring that the company realizes its vision through a clearly defined strategy.
• He/she shall be responsible for assessing marketing opportunities and target markets, intelligence gathering on customers and competitors, lead generation techniques, sales follow-up methods, formal company responses and proposal writing and business model design to develop the business, as may be delegated by the Head, Corporate Development.

Strategy:

• Support the development and implementation of strategic business plans for new products and services under the supervision of the Head, Corporate Development.
• Increasing brand awareness through the effective management of information contained in client communication tools such as the corporate website and brochures.
• Preparation of the annual business development plan for target market segments, which contribute to the company’s growth strategy with clearly defined targets and objectives.
• Generating sales forecast and project reports for management review.
• Drafting and implementing policies and processes.
• Quarterly review of the company’s website and other advertising channels to ensure products and services are appropriately addressed to target customers.

Business Development:

• Identifying, setting up and supporting management of strategic relationships and alliances with third party clients (current and potential) in a bid to leverage expertise and technology in order to expand business capacity.
• Attending workshops, tradeshows, and seminars to keep up to date with changes in the industry.
• Develop proposals, bids, applications and relevant documentation to pursue business interest
• Maintaining a network of contacts within the maritime, shipping and logistics industries both local and international.
• Maintaining a working relationship with governmental agencies to ensure a clear understanding of regulatory guidelines for compliance purposes.
• Working with other industry players in pursuing common goals.
• Providing vision driven leadership and overall supervision to team members.
• Any other duties assigned by Head Corporate Development.

Operational:

• Review operational reports to ensure all revenue and corporate interests are aligned with operations.
• Ensure all reports to management are accurate and distributed in a timely manner.
• Attend relevant stakeholder and customer events.
• Man-marking of relevant stakeholders.
• Providing input to the identification of business, regulatory, operational and performance risks, and the resolution of attendant issues.
• Contribute to monitoring service performance of Customer Service to ensure customer satisfaction.

Job Requirements

• A good Degree from a recognized university.
• 8-10 years operational experience within a reputable and structured business environment, preferably a multinational corporation within the Shipping & Maritime industry.
• Demonstrated ability of clear, persuasive oral and writing skills.
• Extensive contract and client management acumen.
• Business Analysis, Strategy Development and Execution
• Engaging Personality
• International and Marketing Experience
• Accounting background, able to build financial models
• Entrepreneurial Skills
• Negotiation and Contract Management
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Professional carriage and demeanor.
• This position requires an individual with exceptional leadership and managerial skills.