Business Development Manager (Training & Education Services)

Job description

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and generate new business for the client by calling leads, generating leads and visiting clients.
• Lead and generate new business and community events
• Organise and attend events to generate new clients and promote our clients services
• Be responsible for the full business development, sales, and marketing cycle from customer acquisition right though to retention
• Develop and coordinate the effective implementation of community engagement strategy
• Experience selling to and/or influencing C-level executives
• Collect feedback and suggestions for services and activities and assist in service optimisation through proposals
• Identify and create new referral partners to generate new clients.
• Be accountable for own customer base and follow up on all queries and commitments.

Skills and experience

• Proactive and continuous improvement mindset, particularly when it comes to rapidly evolving processes and structures
• Appetite to move forward quickly in an organisation that is scaling fast
• Minimum 5-7 years’ experience in Business Development Role
• Proven experience growing or scaling a company’s customer base
• Experience working within a start-up environment an advantage

Education & Qualifications

• Degree in Business, Marketing, Finance, or related discipline to this position
• Evidence of continuous professional development