Job Description:
The job would have a constant challenge and requires a number of skills - good business sense and financial planning, marketing skills, strategy development and implementation.
When you deal with a new business house, the job requires a lot of creative thinking to spot new opportunities and to establish rapid growth within the new market place and it’s very satisfying when the development strategy pays off and the results can be clearly seen.
If the thought of sitting behind a desk all day gives you itchy feet, this could be the job for you as you’ll be required to spend a large amount of time visiting clients and may need to attending networking events. You'll usually work office hours, Monday to Saturday.
Your job as a “Business Development Manager” is to identify sales leads, pitch to new clients and maintain a good working relationship with old and new contacts.
Responsibilities: Your duties would include
· Following up new business opportunities and setting up meetings
· Planning and preparing presentations (say hello to PowerPoint)
· Communicating developments to prospective clients
· Overseeing the development of marketing / branding literature
· Writing Sales reports
· Providing management with feedback
· Strategies and Negotiate
· Sell
Required Skill / Expertise
· 3 to 4 years experience in Events or 5 to 6 years in Sales.
· Good business sense
· A deep understanding of selling / marketing principles
· Good communication skills
· A positive attitude
· Negotiation skills
· Plenty of initiative
· Self Motivated
· Set self targets and achieve them
· Being consistent