Business Development Manager at Blazonshots Limited

Blazonshots is a premier online platform offering a personalized gifting experience to customers across Africa. Our mission is to provide an unparalleled selection of curated gift items to help our customers celebrate life's special moments with style and elegance.

Blazonshots Limited, we are dedicated to creating a safe space for Africans to purchase the perfect personalized gift items for their loved ones with great ease, thereby creating a community of trustworthy personalized gift vendors in Africa.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Business Development Manager

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job description

• We are looking for a dynamic and results-driven Business Development Manager to join our team and help us execute marketing strategies, generate sales, and maintain vendors' accounts.
• If you're an ambitious, results-driven professional looking to make a lasting impact in a fast-growing startup, this role is for you.

Key Duties and Responsibilities
Marketing Strategy:

• Develop and implement effective marketing strategies to drive business growth, enhance brand visibility and market presence in the Nigeria and Africa markets respectively, and drive business growth.
• Conduct market analysis to identify opportunities, trends, and competitive dynamics in the classi-ad multi vendor E-Commerce sector.

Deal Generation/Marketing:

• Identify and pursue new business opportunities, generate new leads, networking, and strategic marketing initiatives.

Customer Accounts Management:

• Oversee the management of key vendor accounts, ensuring high levels of satisfaction, retention, and long-term relationship building.

Contracts Management:

• Handle contract negotiations, drafting, and administration to ensure compliance, clarity, compliance, and favorable terms for both parties.
• Monitor contract performance and address issues or discrepancies that may arise.

Issuance of PFIs:

• Prepare and Issue Proforma Invoices (PFIs) to facilitate deal structuring, financial assessments, and client engagements.
• Effectively support the sales and negotiation processes.

Deal Recaps:

• Prepare and present comprehensive recaps of deals, including performance metrics and key outcomes.

Follow Through Cash-to-Order Cycle:

• Oversee the complete cash-to-order process, ensuring seamless, timely and accurate order processing and financial transactions.
• Coordinate with CEO/Founder to resolve any issues related to order processing and payments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Finance, or a related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in business development or sales management, preferably in the personalized gifting or e-commerce sector.
• Strong understanding of the African consumer market, marketing strategies, and contract management.
• Proven track record in deal generation, customer relationship management, and successful marketing execution.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to analyze market trends and develop strategic business plans.
• Proficiency in CRM and relevant business software.

Interview Process: The Sales Sprint

• At Blazonshots LTD, we believe in giving all candidates an equal opportunity to showcase their skills.
• Rather than using traditional interview methods that may overlook talent, we’ve designed an exciting 60-day competition-based interview process called The Sales Sprint.

Why a Sales Sprint?

• We want candidates to display their practical skills in real-world scenarios.
• This approach allows us to evaluate your ability to generate sales and manage customer relationships effectively. Everyone gets a fair chance to show their full potential in action.

Competition Prizes:

• Winner: N1,000,000 and the role of Business Development Manager.
• 1st Runner-Up: N700,000
• 2nd Runner-Up: N400,000.
• 3rd Runner-Up: N200,000.

The competition is designed to be both a showcase and a challenge, offering valuable experience, recognition, and financial rewards to top performers.

What We Offer

• Salary: N540,000 - N600,000 per month.
• Opportunities for Professional Growth and Career Advancement.
• Competitive Salary.
• Paid Time Off.
• Training & Development.
• Collaborative and Supportive Work Environment.

Application Closing Date
18th October, 2024.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Resume to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the email.