Business Development Manager at Work Place Centre Limited

Industry: Finance

Location: Victoria Island, Lagos

Key Responsibilities:

• Analyze market trends and identify areas for improvement.
• In conjunction with the head, of securities dealings be responsible for coordinating the identification and evaluation of new markets, identifying business opportunities and prospecting for new Clients to improve the company’s market position and achieve financial growth.
• Coordinate new marketing initiatives to expand the Company’s customer base.
• Support management by organizing meetings between clients and company executives.
• Maintain current client relationship and identifying areas for potential clients.
• Contacting potential clients to establish a business relationship and meet with them.
• Develop new sales areas and improving sales through various methods.
• Research the latest in the business industry and creating new opportunities to expand business.
• Trains junior salespeople to improve sales goals and meet expectations.
• Strong understanding of company products or services as well as business position and competition to keep business competitive.
• Assists in all aspects of the process by prospecting, cultivating, setting appointments, and managing leads in the Company’s contact management database system.
• Obtain critical information about new client opportunities and schedule appointments and provide follow up activities.

Requirements and Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, business, or a similar area
• About five years of proven sales experience in business or a related area
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills, both written and verbal, to express technical and nontechnical concepts clearly and concisely.
• Excellent organizational skills to meet goals and set priorities.
• Be proactive, organized and handle work under stressful and uncertain environments.
• Excellent organizational, time management and follow-up skills.
• Dynamic, articulate and well-spoken.
• Extremely strong phone skills: Ability to set and close appointments over the phone.
• Ability to use or quickly learn real estate specific CRM and marketing/lead technologies.