Job Description
Job Description
- The Business Development Manager (BDM) is responsible for the business’ growth objectives as it pertains to revenue growth, sales goals and marketing campaigns.
- The BDM will work with the Executive Leadership Team to actualize its business objectives, increase profitability and keep the business competitive.
Other key functions are to:
- Lead the organization-wide sales and marketing function
- Act as the Admissions’ Officer ensuring a seamless admission process
- Manage the front office.
- Manage client relationship and identify new frontiers for attracting new clients.
- Manage the brand on and off-line
- Manage the Alumni community
- Track customer satisfaction and engagement through regular surveys and feedback systems
- Meet with potential business partners and stakeholders to advance the organization’s business objectives
- Run outbound campaigns like email marketing, phone calls and flier sharing campaigns to create sales opportunities
- Social media management tracking engagement metrics and responding to enquires
- Develop and present proposals to prospective partners for projects to further business objectives
- Deliver excellent customer service to existing and prospective clients
Requirements
- Candidates should possess a Bachelor's Degree
- Proven experience in sales and marketing
- 5 – 10 years in a Business Development role
- Self-driven and goal oriented
- Persuasion, collaborative and negotiation skills
- Strong understanding of the organizations products, position and competition to strengthen its competitive position
- Strong customer service competencies
- Strong proposal writing skills
- Social media management prowess and some knowledge of tools like Canva, etc
- Basic Video-Editing skills
- Ability to track audience engagement metrics online
- Vendor management
- Strong business focus and proven experience in growing brands
- Excellent communication skills, verbal, written and in making presentations
- Strong people skills
- Ability to trouble-shoot and problem solve with parents
- Ability to create and run adverts in publications, online, etc