Business Development Manager

Inherent requirements:
• Matric or a relevant tertiary qualification
• Must have at least 3-5 years’ experience in the safety industry, Sales and / Marketing
• Minimum 3 years’ experience with a track record in new business development within a sales environment
• Excellent organisational and planning skills
• Excellent communication skills (both verbal and written)
• Valid driver’s license and own reliable vehicle (essential)
• Computer literate (MS Office)

Duties and responsibilities:
• Ability to grow, manage and maintain trust and strong business relationships with existing and new key accounts via personal visits, telephone calls and email contact
• Responsible to self-generate new opportunities
• Develop and execute business development initiatives with aggressive targets
• New Business Development and Customer Relationship Management
• Provide market intelligence and finding new business opportunities
• Work with the management team to develop and implement strategic sales plan
• Initiate and complete proposals and presentations for new business opportunities
• Work with internal teams to deliver outstanding presentations to capture profitable business opportunities
• Assure proper administration of established contracts
• Monthly reporting with clear objectives and goals

Character Traits:
• Extremely confident
• Ability to deal with pressure
• Excellent customer relationship management
• Ambitious and will persevere to achieve positive results
• Analytical minded and a problem solver
• Friendly with a positive attitude
• Self- motivated
• Assertive

Interviewing process: 1 to 2 Panel interviews
Reporting to: Business Development Executive
Closing date for applications: Wednesday ,18 September 2024

Please note should you not receive a response within one week of applying, you may consider your application as being unsuccessful.

Please note that appointments will be made in line with the Company’s EE targets.