Business Development and Sales Manager

Lagos, Lagos

Posted more than 30 days ago

Company:: Naomi Lucas
Company Description:: Naomi Lucas is concerned about enabling and equipping unemployed and underemployed African youths to find and secure meaningful jobs. We seek to help them understand the intricacies of the labor market, see and seize work opportunities, provide sustained capacity building support for them and lastly, bridge the gap between employers and early stage talent.
Contract Type:: Full Time
Experience Required:: 2 years
Education Level:: Bachelor
Gender:: Any
Number of vacancies:: 1

Job Description

Our client is a pan-African company involved in real estate development, investment, publishing, training and marketing; with a track record of delivering several housing estates through its strategic land investment products.

The company is looking for an ambitious and outcome-focused Business Development and Sales Manager to help expand its market share, drive its growth efforts across all products in its portfolio. If you have a strong grasp of sales strategy and management, especially within the real estate sector, and have built a track record of leadership, ownership, and excellent relationship management, we would love to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities
Develop and own the business development and overall growth strategy for the company’s portfolio of products
Conduct research and glean insights from sales process to identify new markets and evolving/emerging customer needs
Oversight for the promotion of the company’s products/services through several marketing channels
Prepare sales contracts ensuring adherence to law-established rules and guidelines
Recruit, onboard, train and mentor sales staff as often as required
End-to-end management of the sales team, ensuring sufficient reward and motivation to achieve business goals
Build and manage mutually rewarding relationships with prospects and existing customers
Provide trustworthy feedback and after-sales support
Educational Requirements and Experience
Degree in Business Administration, Marketing or related fields
Team management experience
Experience driving sales at a mid-management level with verifiable results (Not more than 3 years)

Skills and Competencies
Ability to lead and influence people to achieve results
Excellent people skills
Teachability and adaptability
Ability to take ownership for the planning and delivery of results, with little supervision
Ability to speak and write clearly and confidently
Knowledge of the Nigerian real estate sector is a plus
Proficiency in MS Office and CRM software (e.g. Salesforce)
Ability to start, nurture and close deals
Ability to take and act on feedback