Business Development Manager at Baobab Microfinance Bank

Baobab is a leader in financial inclusion in Africa. Baobab offers its services mainly to individuals, micro and small businesses in Africa and China. Our mission is to unlock the potential of our clients by providing them with easy-to-use and straightforward financial services. Founded in 2005 under the name Microcred, Baobab today has more than 500,000 active customers and 3,800 employees in Madagascar, Senegal, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Mali, Tunisia, Zimbabwe, Burkina Faso Faso, the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Business Development Manager

Location: Yaba, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time
Supervisor: Chief Digital Strategist

Main Responsibilities

• The Business Development Manager is responsible for developing business solution
• The main goal is to generate more revenue for the company, to identify sales leads, pitch goods or services to new clients and maintain a good working relationship with new contact and come up with new sales ideas.
• This includes new sales strategies, sales pitches, and business plans.
• Generate Revenue in terms of CASA (Current account & Savings Account)

Main Duties of the Position

• Prospect for potential new clients and turn this into increased business.
• Ensure marketing team meets the company’s target branding, corporate image making, planning and implementing promotional campaigns.
• Present and develop new products (Loans and Savings).
• Work with a team to develop proposals that speak to the client’s needs, concerns and objectives.
• Present an image that mirrors that of the client
• Client Retention and lead generation.
• Present and develop new products (Loan and Savings) and services and enhance existing relationships.
• Work with technical staff and other internal colleagues to meet customer needs.
• Arrange and participate in internal and external client debriefs
• Business Development Planning.
• Attend industry functions, such as association events and conferences, and provide feedback and information on market and creative trends.
• Present to and consult with mid and senior level management on business trends with a view to developing new services, products and distribution channels.
• Identify opportunities for campaigns, services and distribution channels that will lead to an increase in sales.
• Using knowledge of the market and competitors, identify and develop the company’s unique selling propositions and differentiation.
• Forecast sales targets and ensure they are met by the team.
• Present business development training and mentoring to business developers and other internal staff.
• Ensure Savings targets are met.

Objectives - Performance Indicators

• Effective business development strategy, new sales strategies, sales pitches.
• Generate revenue for the bank
• Prospect new business, and potential clients
• Client retention and generation.

Required Educational / Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Business Management, Marketing, Business or a related field, marketing strategy
• 5 - 6 years of experience in related role.

Required Behavioral Skills:

• Strong communication skills
• Ability to Build Client Relationships,
• Excellent innovative skills
• Good Writing and Public Speaking Skill,
• Leadership and People Management Skill,
• Detail-Orientated
• Organisation and Multi-Tasking Skill.

Application Closing Date
24th March, 2022.