A leading investment Company with its office in Lagos, Nigeria and interests ranging from agriculture, food, trading, construction and real estate development. The work environment is very cordial. It provides huge opportunity to highly talented persons willing to grow in an entreprenurial and fast paced environment. Quasar Capital Limited supports a lot of young entrepreneurs by providing them an incubation to test drive their potential within an established organization.

Roles
Your job as a business development manager is to identify sales leads, pitch goods or services to new clients and maintain a good working relationship with new contacts.

Your duties are as follows:
New Business Development
Prospect for potential new clients and turn this into increased business.
Cold call as appropriate within your market or geographic area to ensure a robust pipeline of opportunities.
Meet potential clients by growing, maintaining, and leveraging your network.
Identify potential clients, and the decision makers within the client organization.
Research and build relationships with new clients.
Set up meetings between client decision makers and company’s practice leaders/Principals.
Plan approaches and pitches.
Work with team to develop proposals that speaks to the client’s needs, concerns, and objectives.
Participate in pricing the solution/service.
Handle objections by clarifying, emphasizing agreements and working through differences to a positive conclusion.
Use a variety of styles to persuade or negotiate appropriately.
Present an image that mirrors that of the client.

Client Retention
Present new products 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 differentiators.

Required Skills :
Good business sense
A deep understanding of marketing principles
Enjoying pitching and selling
Good communication skills
A positive attitude
Negotiation skills
Plenty of initiative


Qualification:
Minimum Second Class lower degree or HND in any discipline; 2-4 years of business development, sales, marketing experience (Real Estate and Construction Industry experience will be an advantage)
Location: Lekki, Lagos State
Age: Not more than 35 years

APPLICATION DEADLINE: 25th January, 2015

METHOD OF APPLICATION:
Qualified candidates should mail in their brief profile electronically using Business Development Executive as the subject of the mail to:
mails@qcnig.com