Business Development Executive - Hospitality at Growth Partner Intermediaries Limited

Growth Partner Intermediaries Limited is an HR consulting firm established to provide HR services to comapanies, ranging from recruitment, outsourcing, head hunting, training and advisory. The aim is to allow businesses manage what is core to them while we support them in HR services.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Business Development Executive - Hospitality

Location: Egbeda, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time
Responsible to: MD

Job Purpose

• To generate and develop new business opportunities and increase net income for the Hospitality business

Main Responsibilities

• To sell a sought-after venue across varied market sectors through proactive sales activity
• The role will be focused on nurturing the existing client base as well as focusing on new business exploiting exceptional sales skills with effective and successful results.
• To actively convert customer enquiries into confirmed sales to develop future and repeat business contributing to the profitability of the venue
• To deliver the brand standards of outstanding customer service whilst ensuring a clear and effective line of communication is maintained within the sales team with the operational team.
• Identifying and pursuing new business sales opportunities both by use of the company database, networking, B2B opportunities, exhibitions, and client entertainment
• To generate events business from warm business leads and where possible new business contacts through attending face-to-face sales meetings to build lasting relationships
• Create inspirational and cost-effective proposals and pitch to the client/prospect.
• Development and implementation of sales marketing campaigns and client entertainment
• Determining key requirements to enter new markets including undertaking marketing analysis, devising and implementing a sale and marketing strategy for the purpose of seeking out new business in all relevant sectors
• To work without constant supervision and willing to work outside the normal 8-5 with flexible working hours including some evenings and weekends to accommodate business needs
• Prepare proposals - obtain and bid for major new clients.
• Market Research - Analyse and research potential business growth and opportunities from current and existing clients & create a prospect list for targeting. This list should be regularly revised which provides active leads that are identifiable using contact categories. Focusing on associations, corporates, local authorities/ government bodies etc to enable successful categorization of the differing market sectors.
• Relationship Development - establish positive links with potential partners and stakeholders and target the number of referrals for the proposal.
• Create a venue referral system - through building links and relationships with venues in the area set up and initiate a referral system.

Person Specification
Qualifications / Experience:

• Graduate-level ability
• Solid experience in proactive sales, hotels or hospitality industry in a customer-facing role.

Knowledge / Skills:

• Outstanding customer service
• Complaint handling and conflict resolution skills
• Previous experience of Events Perfect is advantageous.

Key Personal Attributes:

• Good personal presentation and professionalism
• Good organization and prioritization skills
• Strong administrative skills
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Confident presentation skills
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Ability to work under pressure and to reach strong targets.
• The ability to manage own workload.
• Ability to use initiative to work alone of with a team.

Application Closing Date
31st August, 2023.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: growthpartnersintermediaries@gmail.com using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.