Tuesday, January 31, 2012

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER JOB IN KENYA

Our client, a major player in the Telecommunications Industry is looking to fill the position of Business Development Manager.

The successful candidate will be responsible for building a market position by locating, developing, defining, negotiating, and closing business relationships based on VSAT Solutions.

Duties and responsibilities

Identifying, qualifying and capturing new business opportunities supporting the Company.
Planning and achieving target sales volume and growth.
Tracking, analyzing and communicating key sales administration performance metrics.
Supporting the company’s sales team including managing sales schedules, creating sales documents and proposals, and prioritizing customer sales requests.

Liaising with the Client services Manager to develop and implement customer satisfaction and retention strategies.
Optimize the sales team talent and potential to achieve desired business objectives and results.
Prepare and submit appropriates sales reports on a timely basis.
Develop and expand new customer base within the specific additional target volume.

The successful candidate must:

Be a Kenyan citizen aged between 25-30
Have a B.Sc. Computer sciences, Engineering, IT, Marketing, technical Sales or equivalent qualifications.
Have 2-3 years successful work experience in area of ICT products and services.
Be extremely detail oriented.
Have the ability to maintain a high level of self motivation and to work with minimum supervision
Have the ability to build strong customer relationships based on trust and service delivery
Have the ability to complete work assignments and achieve results in a busy work environment
Have the ability to convey complex thoughts, both written and oral, in clear, concise and timely fashion.
Have the ability to demonstrate an understanding of customers’ business requirements and deal with complex projects, putting together holistic solutions.
Be an excellent communicator with good time management skills
Have a strategic mindset with corporate focus

Interested candidates should send their application indicating current/last salary and expected salary with a copy of their CV to info@echelonhc.com before 4th February 2012.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.