Business Development Manager at One StepAhead Consulting

1StepAhead Consulting is your one-stop-shop HR Solutions Provider, helping you turn your business goals into reality with our comprehensive suite of strategic HR Solutions. We have identified the need to support organizations to ensure optimum service delivery which includes meeting legal requirements, hiring and retaining the best talents, and improving business efficiency.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Business Development Manager

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description
The Business Development Manager will play a key execution role in:

• Planning, developing, marketing, executing, monitoring, resolving issues and initiating appropriate
• corrective actions to ultimately boost sales and commercial growth of the organisation.

The Business Development Manager will be expected to execute industry best practices for:

• Sales growth
• Sales process development
• Sales channel development
• Stakeholder communication
• Market scoping and assessment
• Process and programme monitoring
• Customer recruitment (B2C and B2B)
• Costs, budget and expense management
• Support brand marketing & social media activities
• Activities and interventions to address arising market challenges
• Defining required product offerings and innovations for the market
• Contributing to governance structure and quality assurance measures
• Management of third party (internal teams and external suppliers) contributors
• Additional responsibilities may include research and application of global education technology trends; best practice discovery and competitor analyses of local market trends; exploration of new opportunities, customer groups and revenue streams and recommendation for development of local and global job placement opportunities.
• Other ad-hoc duties as may be delegated.

Requirements
Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant discipline
• Additional sales or relevant certifications

Key Knowledge & Experience:

• 8+ years general working experience
• 4+ years core sales or business development experience

Preferred Knowledge & Experience:

• 2+ years experience in technology or related sector
• Fair knowledge of human resources management processes
• Fair knowledge of planning, managing and delivering training programmes
• Previous responsibility for generating own leads and managing sales cycles
• Demonstrable and quantifiable successes and track record in securing new business (B2B or B2C)
• Excellent computer skills, including Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Project, Word)

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.