Business Development Officer at Traders of Africa (TOFA) Full Time

Traders of Africa (TOFA) is an e-commerce market place focused on driving intra-African trade as well as trade between Africa and the world through technology, we deal in various Agro-commodities and other products such as grains, pulses, seeds, nuts, spices, fruits, and much more. Our field of operation is global with our head office based in Nigeria, with an emphasis on service and quality, we stimulate our employees to learn and develop themselves and offer them every opportunity to do so.

We are seeking a skilled, reliable, efficient employee to join our growing organization in the capacity below:

Job Title: Business Development Officer

Location: Lekki, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description

• Generate new client & business relationships to ensure new business & projects are identified. Develop a growth strategy focused both on financial gain and customer satisfaction.
• Arrange business meetings with prospective clients.
• Promote the company’s products/services addressing or predicting clients’ objectives
• Preparesales contractsensuring adherence to law-established rules and guidelines.
• Keep records of sales, revenue, invoices etc.
• Provide trustworthy feedback and after-sales support.
• Develop entry level staff into valuable salespeople.
• Propose options to management regarding tender price/options margins to ensure that the management is supplied with market related information when deciding on setting competitive prices.
• Manage strategic alliances & partnerships by securing corporate/ business relationships through effective client management & analysing joint ventures/partners to identify & ensure best suited options for the business.
• Forecast long & short-range market potentials by conducting market & feasibility analysis.
• Lead the business development team according to set objectives & initiate market analysis, review process ensuring that the senior management team are kept fully up to date.
• Pro-actively hunt for target organisations & establish communications with those businesses that can benefit from our services
• Responsible for registrations for relevant business activities / segments in new geographies / markets in line with company objective / business plan.
• Represent the Company in business exhibitions & internal business development forums.
• Maintain media relations by means of positive advertising & strong public relations to ensure the good will & image of the company.
• Coordinate with relevant business units & other key departments to ensure timely completion & submission your tasks.
• Conduct a detailed market research to understand & gather intelligence about competitor companies in the region.

Job Requirements

• Candidates should possess a Bachelor’s Degree / Master’s Degree / HND qualification.
• 2 – 5 years work experience.

Salary
N100,000 – N150,000 monthly

Application Closing Date
30th December, 2021.