Business Development Manager Job at Sigma Consulting Group

Sigma Consulting Group is one of the fast growing Nigeria’s management & healthcare consulting firms. We work with top executives to help them make better decisions, convert those decisions to actions and deliver the sustainable success they desire. For more than 5 years, we’ve been passionate about achieving better results for our clients, results that go beyond financials and are uniquely tailored, pragmatic, holistic, sustainable and clients oriented. Sigma has more than 41 consultants in major industries and provided services in 3 countries.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Business Development Manager
Job Location: Victoria Island Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time
Level: Senior Role
Industry: Leisure & Hospitality

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement leasing and marketing strategies for the Groups properties under management and under development
• Conduct continuous market research on competition, tenant demand, occupancy levels, rental rates and location analysis in the relevant regions of all Group properties
• Proactively target and lease the available spaces to credit worthy tenants in line with the agreed tenant mix, with a healthy waiting list of interested occupiers
• Work with Leasing Agents and Property Managers to ensure compliance with engagement terms and conditions, KPI’s and policies when marketing and leasing the Groups properties
• Maintain an up to date enquires database, and conversion tracker
• Agree commercial terms in line with Group budgets for each property and preparing draft Heads of Terms Letters for all potential lease tenants;
• Stagger lease expirations dates to ensure not all leases expire at the same time
• Ensure all lease terms are in line with our standard terms and conditions, and minimizing deviations from this
• Review and ensuring lease rates are competitive and in line with income budgets for the properties
• Assist the Legal Department in collation of all lease and client due diligence documentation required to complete tenant screening
• Ensure collection of all initial rents, security deposits, fees and service charge payments are made directly into a designated Company’s bank account, in line with the agreed payment terms.
• Keep clients updated on construction progress and estimated handover dates of all propertied under development
• Assist in collection of tenants fit out designs and service requirements for review/vetting and confirmation by the relevant Project Manager for the property to ensure integration and coordination of property base build specifications and tenant requirements
• Coordinate handover and snagging between tenants and construction team
• Oversee Groups social media activity to maximise the Groups external exposure and followers, and to ensure the Business, Leisure, Lifestyle brand is appropriately reflected to eternal parties
• Seek out relevant industry events (in a cost-efficient manner through sponsorship or partnerships) suitable for marketing the Groups properties, and ensure the Company exhibition stands are professionally designed, installed and manned for internal and external events
• Prepare and monitor expenditure of the Group’s annual sales, leasing and marketing budgets
• Keep track of departmental expenditure to ensure these remain in line with approved budget for each project
• Any other support duties that may be required for the marketing and leasing of all the Group projects.
• Undertake all such other tasks or duties as may be assigned to you from time to time as may be required to meet the needs of the Group.

Qualifications

• Advanced Degree in Business, Economics, Finance, or related field.
• Candidates must be Nigerians that has either schooled or lived in Europe or United States
• Candidate must have 4 years and above post-graduation relevant work experience in a formal organization.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: cv@sigma.ng using the job position as the subject of the email