A SME with holdings in real estate and the hospitality industry wishes to recruit a Business Development / Marketing Manager.
Job Requirements
Reporting to the Managing Director, the person will be the primary point of contact for the enterprises sales efforts, and requires a highly self motivated and entrepreneurial personality with a passion for sales.
Key Duties and Responsibilities will include
Job Requirements
Reporting to the Managing Director, the person will be the primary point of contact for the enterprises sales efforts, and requires a highly self motivated and entrepreneurial personality with a passion for sales.
Key Duties and Responsibilities will include
- Create and implement strategic and tactical Sales and Marketing plans aligned with the company’s overarching strategy and assist in the Budgeting and Business planning responsibilities of the Sales department.
- Establish a customer oriented culture among all staff in the company, through training, incentives and redesigning business processes.
- To take ownership of key accounts and ensure all revenue and business opportunities with them are maximized.
- Continuously prospect for new business and ensure achievement of maximum capacity
- Develop marketing activities to ensure awareness of the company among all target groups.
- Maintaining and developing knowledge of our competitors, their product, rates and promotions to ensure we uphold our competitive advantage in the market place.
- Actively promoting the company through networking and PR opportunities
Requirements / Qualifications
- A degree in Commerce, Business Administration, Economics or other business related field from a reputable university; a Sales and Marketing qualification is an advantage
- At least 3 years experience in a busy Marketing department; experience in a FMCG or Hospitality Industries is an advantage
- Excellent analytical, written and oral communication skills and a high degree of computer literacy
- Well developed trouble shooting skills; ability to quickly understand problems and come up with productive solutions
- Excellent people skills and networking ability; demonstrable ability to network within the NGO and Public Sectors is an advantage
- Knowledge of current and cutting edge Sales, Marketing and P.R. operations.
- 30 – 35 years of age
Only successful applicants will be contacted.
