Business Development Manager

Our client, a major player in the Telecommunications Industry is looking to fill the position of Business Development Manager.

The successful candidate will be responsible for building a market position by locating, developing, defining, negotiating, and closing business relationships based on VSAT Solutions.

Duties and responsibilities

• Identifying, qualifying and capturing new business opportunities supporting the Company.
• Planning and achieving target sales volume and growth.
• Tracking, analyzing and communicating key sales administration performance metrics.
• Supporting the company’s sales team including managing sales schedules, creating sales documents and proposals, and prioritizing customer sales requests.
• Liaising with the Client services Manager to develop and implement customer satisfaction and retention strategies.
• Optimize the sales team talent and potential to achieve desired business objectives and results.
• Prepare and submit appropriates sales reports on a timely basis.
• Develop and expand new customer base within the specific additional target volume.

The successful candidate must:

• Be a Kenyan citizen aged between 25-30
• Have a B.Sc. Computer sciences, Engineering, IT, Marketing, technical Sales or equivalent qualifications.
• Have 2-3 years successful work experience in area of ICT products and services.
• Be extremely detail oriented.
• Have the ability to maintain a high level of self motivation and to work with minimum supervision
• Have the ability to build strong customer relationships based on trust and service delivery
• Have the ability to complete work assignments and achieve results in a busy work environment
• Have the ability to convey complex thoughts, both written and oral, in clear, concise and timely fashion.
• Have the ability to demonstrate an understanding of customers’ business requirements and deal with complex projects, putting together holistic solutions.
• Be an excellent communicator with good time management skills
• Have a strategic mindset with corporate focus

Interested candidates should send their application indicating current/last salary and expected salary with a copy of their CV to info@echelonhc.com before 4th February 2012.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.