Business Development Manager at Hazon Holdings

Hazon Holdings is a continually growing and leading conglomerate domiciled in Africa. We specialize in raising standards through our synergy of diverse business units. We are core believers in driving people, processes and businesses to attain peak productivity in given fields through steadfastness and ultimate discipline.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Business Development Manager

Location: Lagos

Job Summary

• The Business Development Manager responsibilities for growth of the business, by fostering and developing relationships with customers, suppliers and other partners to improve profitability through strategic planning that will position the brand in the market.

Responsibilities

• Identify new business opportunities - including new markets, growth areas, trends, customers, products and services
• Seek out the appropriate contact in an organisation
• Generate leads and cold call prospective customers
• Meet with customers/clients face to face or over the phone or Email and face book or other means of social media.
• 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 company, this task may be completed by someone else or agreements may not be as formal
• Have a good understanding of the businesses’ products or services and be able to advise others about them
• Train and coach members of your team.
• Discuss promotional strategy and activities with the marketing department
• Liaise with the finance team, warehousing and logistics departments as appropriate
• 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.

Qualifications

• Degree in Electrical/Electronic, Physics and Electronics Business Administration and other related fields.
• Preferably from a Renewable Energy Industry

Skills:

• 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
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills – needed for communicating with a wide range of people, both internally and externally
• Good IT skills, including the use of spreadsheets
• A professional manner and presentable appearance for meeting customers/clients
• Initiative and good decision-making skills
• Project management skills
• The ability to motivate yourself and set your own goals
• Great organizational skills
• Good networking skills
• The ability to think strategically
• The ability to analyse sales figures and write reports
• Initiative and the confidence to start things from scratch

Application Closing Date
15th March, 2019.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: recruitment@hazonholdings.com