Business Development Officer at Tramelton Limited

Tramelton Limited is an IT company that is constantly rolling out IT solutions for businesses. We are looking for an candidate to fill the position of Business Development Officer at our Lagos office. An ideal candidate must have strong IT skills especially in the areas of ERP systems, web development and mobile application development. This is to enable the candidate be able to effectively project our solutions to our target clients. Effective presentation and public speaking skills is a must.
The Business Development Officer is responsible for executing the business plan in a market area. Key accountabilities include; achieving financial and customer service results, tailoring/orchestrating the marketing plan and go to market tactics to support local market conditions.
The Business Development Officer will be in charge of the overall operation of the business in the branch. He/she will serve as a leader to his or her team of associates and staff in the branch office. The Business Development Officer will make sure that the marketing operations are well coordinated, makes sure that the business grows larger, able to provide customer satisfaction and committed to the success of the business.
Requirements:

• Degree in Business or Computer Science/Information Technology.
• Minimum of Second Class Upper Division (2.1 )
• Good knowledge of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems
• Understanding of standard web protocols and terminologies
• Knowledge of business to business selling
• Knowledge of the IT industry
• Experience in leading and managing a B2B sales team
• Demonstrated ability to achieve results through others
• Proven track record of developing associates, building and maintaining a team
• Understanding how to forecast, budget, and analyze business financial reports
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Ownership, Change Management, Teamwork, Building Relationships & Customer Satisfaction

Responsibilities:

• Full P & L accountability.
• Planning and attainment of business revenue and profit goals.
• Associate recruitment, selection, education/training and on going development.
• Strengthen & accelerate sales productivity through ongoing staffing and market reviews.
• Setting sales & profit performance goals, by brand, by segment, by associate.
• Design & evaluate action plans by brand, by segment, by associate to ensure growth.
• Communicate and execute the business strategy & implement strategic initiatives.
• Implementation of the business local “plan to sell” and marketing programs.
• Assures a professional and safe environment is created and maintained.
• Works closely with functional support areas to ensure a 100% conformance to promise; operations and logistics.
• Orchestrate involvement with industry trade associations throughout the market area.
• Maintains a high level of showroom standards; ensures merchandise presentation and assortment is in accordance with company direction.
• Strengthen vendor relationships through regular communication and training sessions.
• Works collaboratively with the Outside Sales Manager on key customer development.
• Ethics: Treats people with respect and keeps commitments. Inspires the trust of others. Works ethically and with integrity. Upholds organizational values.
• Diversity: Demonstrates knowledge of EEO policy. Shows respect and sensitivity to cultural differences. Educates others on the value of diversity. Promotes a harassment-free environment. Builds a diverse workforce.
• Maintains customer and employee contact on the work area to ensure that quality service is being applied.
• Conducts performance evaluation of his or her team associates and encourages them to do better in the office.
• Gives merit to an employee who has done a big contribution in sales and operation in order for others to follow the example.
• The branch manager creates a program that could help his or her associates in doing a better job and actively participates in it.
• Set some standards when it comes to giving satisfaction to customers.
• Handles the cases of some customer complaints which have been escalated from the supervisors.
• Conducts daily sales and operation assessments and monitors every transaction made in the business.
• Ensures the growth of the business branch and is committed to its success.
• The branch manager represents the company in case of any meetings held in the local society.
• In charge of the sanitation and promotes cleanliness in the vicinity of the office.
• Makes sure that the employee’s salary and bonuses are properly given.
• Informs all employees about non-working holidays, working holidays, special non-working holidays and other events which may affect the daily operation of the business.
• Makes sure that the price of the product or services offered by the branch business is correct.
• Send some reports to the main branch and gives them updates of the business status.
• Determines and develops the annual budget for the daily expenses of the business branch.
• The branch manager also performs some tasks related to business management whenever required.

Useful Prior Experience:

• Contract Sales Appliance Select Manager
• Contract Sales District Manager,
• Sales
• Assistant IT unit/general manager

Job Status:
Full Time
Duration:
Permanent
Opening(s):
1
Branch:
Lagos
Salary:
Competitive
Post Date:
Sep, 13, 2011
Closing Date:
Sep, 30, 2011
Expected Start Date:
Oct, 03, 2011
To apply, visit career page: Tramelton Limited