Business Development Manager (JB1502

Business Development Manager (JB1502)

Fully Remote, Cape Town Based 

R20 000 CTC per Month

Plus Benefits and Genuine Commission

Duration: Permanent

Overview

Our client, a well-established, media house is looking for the assistance of an experienced Business Development Manager to manage and sell their services to businesses in and around Cape Town. The ideal candidate will be responsible for growing their portfolio of clients and managing partnership opportunities

Minimum Requirements:

• Graduate level education + 3 years’ experience in business development
• Fully Bilingual as we deal with English and Afrikaans clients
• Strong experience of selling both on the phone and face to face
• Confident putting a pitch together and presenting to buyers and similar
• Experience selling software or technical products
• Self-driven with positive outlook and a desire to succeed, and a clear focus on attention to detail and delivering sales results
• Able to understand customer’s needs, motives and concerns and can successfully build rapport to achieve sales
• Strong objection handling skills as well as the ability to close a sale
• Must be hardworking, self-motivated and be able to work unsupervised
• High degree of computer literacy and be comfortable working with sales CRM systems
• Proven track record selling over the phone, in the field and face to face

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Researching organizations in your area to identify new leads and potential new markets.
• Researching the needs of prospects and learning who makes decisions about purchasing.
• Develop effective working partnerships with prospects and affiliates.
• Negotiate and close business deals with clients
• Respond to the needs of customers and manage sales processes.
• Organizing and attending client meetings
• Planning and assisting in new marketing initiatives
• Attending and participating in strategy meetings