Business Development Officer at Lextorah Educational Services

Lextorah Online is West Africa’s largest online learning platform, partnering with top-ranked universities and organisations to deliver a broad range of job relevant programs designed to give every ambitious learner a path to achievement. Our advanced marketing, recruitment, support, and analytics technology and services platform is a single-point solution for outstanding teaching and learning

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Business Development Officer

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description

• We are looking to employ a driven and detail-oriented business development officer to identify business growth opportunities and develop strategies to increase company sales.
• The business development officer's responsibilities include identifying company products and services that are underperforming, developing an in-depth knowledge of company offerings, pricing, and policies, and improving existing sales proposals. You should also ensure that the company is able to achieve revenue targets.
• To be successful as a business development officer, you should be adept at negotiating business deals and able to make sound decisions that will benefit the company.
• Ultimately, an exceptional business development officer should have strong business acumen as well as demonstrate excellent management, communication, and analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Developing and sustaining solid relationships with company stakeholders and customers.
• Analyzing customer feedback data to determine whether customers are satisfied with company products and services.
• Recruiting, training, and guiding business development staff.
• Providing insight into product development and competitive positioning.
• Analyzing financial data and developing effective strategies to reduce business costs and increase company profits.
• Conducting market research to identify new business opportunities.
• Collaborating with company executives to determine the most viable, cost-effective approach to pursue new business opportunities.
• Meeting with potential investors to present company offerings and negotiate business deals.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Business Management or Administration, Finance, Accounting, Marketing, or related field.
• Proven experience working as a business development officer or similar role.
• Proficiency in all Microsoft Office applications.
• The ability to travel as needed.
• The ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and management skills.
• Exceptional negotiation and decision-making skills.
• Effective communication skills.
• Strong business acumen.
• Detail-oriented.

Application Closing Date
10th February, 2024.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: [email protected] using the job title as the subject of the mail.