Business Development Manager - Cold Storage Company
Michael Page
- Western Cape
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Global Cold Storage Business
- Multi-National Cold
- Develop a growth strategy focused both on financial gain and customer satisfaction
- Promote the company's products/services addressing or anticipating client's preferences and market trends
- Conduct research to identify and respond to marketing opportunities based on emerging trends to increase sales
- Implement strategies to cultivate client relationships and build a sales pipeline for short/medium/long term in accordance with targets
- Negotiate pricing and prepare sales contracts ensuring adherence to prevailing regulations and guidelines
- Provide reliable reporting to enable planning, decision making and to inform after-sales support
- Develop entry level sales staff into high performers
- The ability to analyse sales figures and write reports
- Strong communication skills, IT fluency and negotiating skills
- Ability to flourish with minimal guidance, be proactive, and handle uncertainty
- Tenacity and drive to seek new business and meet or exceed target
- Interpersonal skills for building and developing relationships with clients
- The candidate will be based in the Western Cape, Cape Town.
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Sales & Marketing or related field
- More than 3 years' experience in sales (Cold storage, shipping & retail), marketing or related fields.