Business Development Manager

Deadline - April 3rd 2017

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

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