Business Development Manager

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Business Development Manager

Cobalt Streamworks
Sales & Business Development
Nigeria
Posted
6+ months ago
Job Summary
We are looking for a Business Development Manager who will be responsible for helping our organization with growth and business development activities for Cobalt Streamworks for Business.
– Minimum Qualification: BSC
– Experience Level: Mid-senior level
– Experience Length: 3+ years
Responsibilities:
– Engage in business development activities and solicitation of new business; Customer acquisition through the wide communication and sale of Cobalt Streamworks’s business products and services.
– Upsell and cross-sell Cobalt Streamworks’s complementary products and services.
– Actively seek out new sales opportunities through cold calling, networking, business community building and social media engagement.
– Create innovative marketing strategies to achieve sales targets.
– Conduct strategic meetings with other relevant teams and review the joint plans for the week ahead.
– Manage and maintain current business relationships; through personalised business engagement sessions.
– Conduct market/competitor research to identify selling possibilities and evaluate customer needs.
– Participate in market storms, community fairs and cluster marketing events e.g. Trade Fairs
– Implement good practices to meet customers’ needs and requirements.
– Prepare and deliver appropriate presentations on the business and products.
– Track business performance and collaborate with team members to achieve better results.
– Gather feedback from customers or prospects and share it with internal teams.
– Understand customer financial needs and objectives.
– Recommend appropriate financial complementary business products or services to the customer.
Requirements:
– Outstanding tertiary education with certification.
– Minimum 3-7 years of in-depth business development/sales experience, preferably in the financial services sector.
– Strong understanding of the local and global financial services landscape, inclusive of the regulatory compliance terrain.
– Experience in FX cross-border solutions with an emphasis on B2B.
– Experience selling business financial solutions to corporates should be an added advantage (Good network of enterprise merchants).
– Strong business acumen and analytical thought process.
– Ability to execute goals independently with little or no supervision.
– Excellent communication skills.