Provides excellent and customer-focused sales and account management activities for designated customers and products:
Develops and maintains strong relationships with key customers utilizing products
Proactively liaises with customers for feedback on services rendered and ensure that issues are promptly escalated and/or addressed
Responds to customer requests for advice on Switching and Processing queries
Uses the CRM platform to evaluate leads and track sales and revenue growth
Assists in or produces business case documents for new product or service offerings development
Develops proposals in response to requests for proposals (RFPs), delivering sales presentations, conducting seminars and participating in meetings with clients and external vendors or advisors
For new business that are acquired, works with relevant Interswitch teams / colleagues to support customers through the transition from project completion to transaction generation
Monitors activities of the team to ensure sales and service targets are achieved
Communicates customer requirements to the Operations and Project team and work with them to ensure that products are delivered to customer requirements and in line with agreed terms
Ensure MOUs, NDAs, SLAs, OLAs are created by the Contract management team for onward transmission to Legal team for the purpose of closing a sale or developing new business
Reviews legal documentation with prospective partners or customers for the purpose of closing a sale or developing new business
Market Research
Performs market research and analysis and monitors external and internal environment for development of new market segments
Assists in developing an evaluation process to gain feedback from customers and providing market feedback to the Head, Transaction Growth & Expansion to meet market demands and generate product development ideas
Keeps abreast of trends and developments in payment technology, products practices and operations
Account Management
Receives feedback from customers for improvement of products and services
Post-sales engagement: visiting customers to discuss on how to improve services
Builds relationships that are of value with the customers
Competitor Analysis
Learns what the competition is doing in terms of customer pricing, experience in the local market, their alliances, credibility etc
Responsible for documenting and maintaining for the division the findings of our competitor analysis
Organizes quarterly review of the competitor analysis with Service management team
Operational/ Admin Responsibilities
Prepares and submits periodic reports to the Group Head Business Development, Purepay on the activities of the team for management decision making such as customer engagement reports, sales reports (lead generation, actual vs targets etc)
Handles all customer or partner inquiries
Requirements
Technical Competences
Effective utilization of professional sales framework
Effective utilization of CRM (opportunity visibility)
Initiates Compelling Sales Conversations
In-depth knowledge of the industry and its current events
Behavioural Competences
Manages Complexity
Communicates Effectively
Ensures Accountability
Tech Savvy
Customer Focus
Interpersonal Skills
Plans and Aligns
Builds Networks
Education
University first degree in business administration, sales and marketing or any finance related field
Master’s in Business Administration or Public and International Affairs will be an added advantage
Experience
At least 3 years’ experience in sales/business development to enable the job holder to deal with most situations and to advise others