Business Development Manager
Dotsavvy is seeking a Business Development Manager to grow and expand our business. The right candidate will bring to this position: strong operational knowledge, proven customer focus, ability to comprehend new areas, and ability to develop client relationships.
Responsibilities for the Business Development Manager Job
- Build upon existing relationships/leads to grow business
- Acts as primary point-of-contact for assigned client accounts
- Assists in strategy development
- Demonstrate working knowledge of each area of Dotsavvy service execution, in order to evaluate recommendations before presenting to prospects and clients
- Proactively find new ways to build Dotsavvy’s business and grow accounts with minimal direction
- Master and maintain vast knowledge of Dotsavvy’s business, competition, and latest digital industry news and trends
- Work with clients and prospects to understand their requirements (nature of products, services needed, timeframe, volumes, new skill sets, operational model evolutions, etc.) and sell appropriate digital solutions
- Work with Dotsavvy’s multidisciplinary team members to ensure that services are delivered to meet and exceed client requirements
- Support process innovation in Dotsavvy’s digital offerings
- Generate and deliver new business proposals and sales pitches in conjunction with the rest of the Dotsavvy team so as to win business in-line with our strategic objectives
Qualifications for the Business Debelopment Manager Job
- Position is highly consultative requiring a strong knowledge and background in digital marketing
- Prior Digital Agency or similar experience required
- Experience in medium to large scale digital marketing sales across a diverse range of relevant offerings
- Operational background in digital marketing
- 4+ years of relationship and/or business development experience, ideally in a digital agency environment
- Experience acquiring and growing client accounts for digital marketing services.
- High-level client exposure.
Skills
- Ability to handle multiple customer accounts well
- Strong customer focus
- Ability to lead / guide an organization to achieve best-of-class deliverables quality, quality of service, etc
- Ability to learn new fields of expertise in a highly dynamic environment
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent planning and organizational skills
- Strong negotiating skills and presentation skills
- Strategy and business planning. Ability to see the “big picture” as well as quantify growth potential;
- Must demonstrate energy and enthusiasm in the workplace;
- Must be available to travel whenever/wherever necessary;
How to Apply
If you think that your that special talent we may be looking for, kindly send us your CV on jobs@dotsavvyafrica.com with the subject line ‘Business Development Manager’ by 5.00 pm East African Time (EAT) on Monday the 3rd April 2017.
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Application deadline : April 3rd 2017