Closing Date
Dec
10
Position: Business Development Manager, West and Central Africa
Job Location: Nairobi
Reporting to: Business Development Manager, East and Southern Africa
The Role:
We are looking for a well networked individual with a knack for identifying, building, defining, negotiating, and closing business relationships. As the driving force behind generating new sales leads and contacts, the business development manager will become a key part of Greenlight Planet’s senior management team responsible for growing our business across East Africa
Responsibilities
Greenlight Planet offers a competitive salary, a fun, supportive work environment and opportunities for continued professional growth within a fast-growing global enterprise.
Greenlight Planet believes in equal opportunity for all people, everywhere. It is the reason we exist! So, regardless of your race, color, religion, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, HIV/Aids status, disability or any other protected characteristic as established by law, we will accept your application and make a decision based on your suitability for the position.
How To Apply
To apply for this job visit https://www.greenlightplanet.com/job-postings/#op-218916-business-development-manager-east-africa
Job Location: Nairobi
Reporting to: Business Development Manager, East and Southern Africa
The Role:
We are looking for a well networked individual with a knack for identifying, building, defining, negotiating, and closing business relationships. As the driving force behind generating new sales leads and contacts, the business development manager will become a key part of Greenlight Planet’s senior management team responsible for growing our business across East Africa
Responsibilities
- Identify trendsetter ideas- tracking individual contributors and their accomplishments.
- Propose potential business deals and explore opportunities.
- Screen potential business deals by analyzing market strategies, deal requirements, financials; evaluating options; resolving internal priorities; recommending equity investments.
- Develop negotiating strategies and positions by studying integration of new venture with company strategies and operations; examining risks and potentials; estimating partner needs and goals.
- Close new business deals by coordinating requirements; developing and negotiating contracts; integrating contract requirements with business operations.
- Protect the organization's value by keeping information confidential.
- Enhance the organization's reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.
- Deliver annual revenue and new business objectives
- Co-ordinate with head office for all technical, commercial, administrative and legal assistance.
- Has a university degree and at least 6-10 years of sales and business development experience in East Africa.
- Has a strong entrepreneurial streak, is innovative and has experience building market relevant sales and distribution models for new brands and/or product categories
- Has a proven track record of developing new markets and acquiring new high value prospects
- Is entrepreneurial and excited about the opportunity to creatively build effective, non-traditional sales channels in a nascent product category
- Is fluent in English, both written and spoken.
- Is passionate about his/her work and driven by Greenlight’s social mission of bringing innovative, renewable energy and life-enhancing products to African markets
- Is comfortable working independently and remotely in a lean environment
- Likes getting hands on to figure out how to grow a high-potential business
- Is a natural people-person, one that thrives off of building strong relationships both within the organization and externally
- Is willing to spend 40-50% of his/her time on the road interacting with partners, resellers and customers
Greenlight Planet offers a competitive salary, a fun, supportive work environment and opportunities for continued professional growth within a fast-growing global enterprise.
Greenlight Planet believes in equal opportunity for all people, everywhere. It is the reason we exist! So, regardless of your race, color, religion, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, HIV/Aids status, disability or any other protected characteristic as established by law, we will accept your application and make a decision based on your suitability for the position.
How To Apply
To apply for this job visit https://www.greenlightplanet.com/job-postings/#op-218916-business-development-manager-east-africa
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