Apply for Business Development Officer at BeaconGate Limited Full Time

Beacongate Limited – The company is primarily set up to help transform the latent abilities and potentials of Entrepreneurs, Professionals and Executives and make them realize their full potentials as well as create leadership brands that would make them distinct. This involves using approaches that lead to self discovery, awareness of situations, empowering for positive actions and actualization of goals and visions. We offer customized solutions to meet your personal and business needs.

We the BeaconGate Limited are presently recruiting to fill the vacant position of Business Development Officer and by this notice all qualified members of the public are expected to apply as quick as possible

Job Title: Business Development Officer

Location: Ikeja, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Responsibilities

• Generate leads and cold calling prospective clients
• Develop opportunities in target markets with support of marketing
• Nurturing and developing relationships with key customer accounts
• Attending face-to-face meetings with clients
• Providing specialist advice on the products and / or services you’re selling
• Search and identify new business opportunities – including new markets, growth areas, trends, customers, partnerships, products and services – or new ways of reaching existing markets
• Seek out the appropriate contact in an organisation
• Foster and develop relationships with customers/clients
• Understand the needs of your customers and be able to respond effectively with a plan of how to meet these
• Think strategically – seeing the bigger picture and setting aims and objectives in order to develop and improve the business
• Work strategically – carrying out necessary planning in order to implement operational changes
• Draw up client contracts – depending on the size of company, this task may be completed by someone else or agreements may not be as formal
• Have a good understanding of the businesses’ products or services and be able to advise others about them
• Ensure staff are on board throughout the organisation, and understand the need for change and what is required of them
• Train members of your team, arranging external training where appropriate
• Discuss promotional strategy and activities with the marketing department
• Liaise with the finance team, warehousing and logistics departments as appropriate
• Seek ways of improving the way the business operates
• Attend seminars, conferences and events where appropriate
• Keep abreast of trends and changes in the business world.

Requirements

• B.Sc / BA in Marketing or related field with 3-4 years work experience
• Experience in an HR Outsouricng or Consulting firm
• Tenacity and drive to seek new business and meet or exceed targets
• An excellent telephone manner for making initial contact and for ongoing communication with client and business associates.
• Interpersonal skills for building and developing relationships with clients
• Written and verbal communication skills – needed for communicating with a range of people, both internally and externally, as well as presentation skills
• Team working skills and a collaborative approach to work
• The ability to multitask and prioritise your workload
• The ability to motivate yourself and set your own goals
• Negotiating skills
• The ability to think strategically
• The ability to analyse sales figures and write reports
• A flexible approach to work with the ability to adapt to a fast-paced, ever-changing environment
• initiative and the confidence to start things from scratch.

Salary
N70,000 – N100,000 / Month

Application Closing Date
2nd December, 2020.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Applications to: [email protected] using the “Job Title” as the subject of the email.