Business Development Manager

The Client: A fast-growing E-payment company.

Location: Lagos

Ref: EMC/517/BDM

Our client is a fast-growing electronic marketing company with a strong focus on the packaging and distribution of financial services turnkey solutions in Nigeria. Clear prospects of continuous steady growth has created the need for this role:

The Role:

Reporting to the CEO, you will be responsible for company-wide business development activity.

In this capacity you will be responsible for:

  • Identifying business development opportunities within priority markets
  • Developing effective business development strategies that emphasize both share-of-market and share-of-customer type business growth
  • Working with various business units to develop specific marketing strategies and sales tactics for targeted markets and key accounts
  • Ensuring that the drive for new business within the company is balanced by the need to retain existing clients and customers
  • Establishing and maintaining high-level business relationships on behalf of the organization

Education and Experience

  • Degree-qualified in Marketing, Business Administration or a related field; an MBA will be an advantage
  • A minimum of 5 years’ experience in a similar role with a reputable organization
  • Results-oriented with a proven track record in sales, business development and winning new business; prior experience in selling to the public sector will be an advantage

Good commercial acumen with strong interpersonal and negotiating skills.

To apply online, please send a comprehensive résumé to recruitment@heworld.com quoting the applicable job reference as the subject of the mail.