We are looking for a Business Development Manager with a hands-on experience in the IT industry who has the ability to identify new business opportunities in order to generate revenue, improve profitability and help the business grow.
• Your work can involve careful strategic planning and positioning in the appropriate markets, or enhancing the operation of the business, position or reputation in some way.
• You may have a single role in the organization or lead a team of staff.
• Your work will often reach across all areas of the business but with a specific focus on either:
• B2B (business to business)
• B2C (business to consumer)
Tasks
As a business development manager, you'll need to:
• Research and identify new business opportunities - including new markets, growth areas, trends, customers, partnerships, products, and services - or new ways of reaching existing markets
• Seek out the appropriate contact in an organization
• Generate leads and cold call prospective customers
• Meet with customers/clients face to face or over the phone
• Foster and develop relationships with customers/clients
• Understand the needs of your customers and be able to respond effectively with a plan of how to meet these
• Think strategically - seeing the bigger picture and setting aims and objectives in order to develop and improve the business
• Work strategically - carrying out necessary planning in order to implement operational changes
• Draw up client contracts depending on the size of the company, this task may be completed by someone else or agreements may not be as formal
• Have a good understanding of the business's products or services and be able to advise others about them
• Ensure staff are on board throughout the organization and understand the need for change and what is required of them
• Train members of your team, arranging external training where appropriate
• Discuss promotional strategy and activities with the marketing department
• Seek ways of improving the way the business operates
• Attend seminars, conferences, and events where appropriate
• Keep abreast of trends and changes in the business world.
If your business development role is more sales orientated, you may also:
• Help to plan sales campaigns
• Negotiate pricing with customers, and suppliers in some cases
• Increase sales of the business
• Carry out sales forecasts and analysis and present your findings to senior management/the board of directors
• Develop the business sales and marketing strategy.
Skills You'll need to have:
• Tenacity and drive to seek new business and meet or exceed targets
• An excellent telephone manner for making initial contact and for ongoing communication with customers and business associates
• Interpersonal skills for building and developing relationships with clients
• Written and verbal communication skills - needed for communicating with a range of people, both internally and externally, as well as: presentation skills
• IT skills, including the use of spreadsheets
• Teamworking skills and a collaborative approach to work
• Decision-making skills
• The ability to multitask and prioritize your workload
• Project management and organizational skills
• The ability to motivate yourself and set your own goals
• Negotiating skills
• The ability to think strategically
• The ability to analyze sales figures and write reports
• A flexible approach to work with the ability to adapt to a fast-paced, ever-changing environment
• Initiative and the confidence to start things from scratch.
Your Profile
• A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Marketing & Sales Management.
• Experience in IT Industry
•Current knowledge of industry trends, technology, codes, and regulations.
• The ability to diagram designs both manually and with computer-aided drafting.
• Good team working and communication skills.
• Good time management skills.
• Strong analytical, critical, and problem-solving skills.