Senior Business Development Manager Salaam Bank

To build and grow internal and external relationships in order to help the business to grow revenues and increase profits. As well as leading sales and client-relationship management, the business development director will track new markets and trends, recommend new products and services, grow new strategic partnerships, write proposals, and helps guide the long-term objectives to meet business requirements.

Key Responsibilities:
• Driving increasing business revenue, identifying and developing new opportunities and building and expanding the presence of the company and its brands.
• Tracking new markets and emerging trends, recommending new products and services, proposes and developing new strategic partnerships
• Writing proposals and plans, and guiding long-term objectives to meet business needs and requirements
• Building and growing solid relationships with vendors, distributors and internal and external customers in order to bring new business
• opportunities to the organisation.
• Researching emerging trends and recommending new company offerings to satisfy customers’ needs.
• Identifying opportunities for the business to grow and increase profits.
• Finding potential partnership opportunities for the business with a view to expanding its reach and/or improving its processes.
• Presenting marketing opportunities to the business and helping to develop marketing strategies.
• Supporting the operations planning of an organisation to improve efficiency and increase profits.
• Presenting proposals regarding marketing opportunities and strategies.
• Working to stringent targets, the job holder will be required to adopt a professional and knowledgeable approach to each new business call.
• Planning and coordinating the implementation of business plans and the penetration of new markets.
• Proactively selecting automation software and software platforms that best meet company needs.
• Managing and growing trade finance services, local and international banking relationships of the bank.

Skills and Qualifications:
• A relevant Bachelor’s degree such as business administration or marketing.
• A Master’s degree is an added advantage.
• Excellent written and oral communication abilities. This includes the ability to communicate with everyone in the business, including at board level.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to put to use when building relationships.
• Proven businesses acumen. Often this will need to be in the relevant industry.
• Highly developed negotiation skills.
• A high standard of tact and diplomacy.
• The ability to think and act creatively when developing plans and strategies.
• Proven track record of increasing revenues and profits through exceeding sales targets
• A strong analytical skills and experience of numeracy to make informed decision making.
• Proven organisational skills in a busy and challenging environment.
• A minimum of 5 years working experience in marketing and Business-related field.