Business Development Officer Job at Cerner Consult

Cerner Consult is an International education consulting firm with our headquarters in Lagos, Nigeria. We process and give professional support to those looking to live, study, and work in Canada and America.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Business Development Officer

Job Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Overview

• The BDM is expected to work with the Business Director and other team members (made up of business development, Pre-sales and service delivery staff) in achieving the objectives of his assigned sector.
• He/She is expected to work with his/her Business Director to improve the Company’s market position in the defined industry/sector/customer segment to achieve financial growth.
• The role is responsible in actualizing the Organization’s strategic goals and build key customer relationships in the defined industry/customer segment. The objective is to increase business opportunities and thereby maximize revenue for the organization.

Role Responsibilities

• Identify and follow-up sales leads, pitch products and/or services to new clients in the Financial Services sector and maintain a good working relationship with new contacts.
• Ensure the growth in the business in FSI sector.
• Seek and engage prospect organizations by positioning Company’s offerings, challenging the prospect by leading with Company experience, proposals, business cases and insight from the marketplace
• Drive and manage the end-to-end sales process including negotiating on price, getting approvals and contract terms.
• Develop the client business case for solutions developed by the innovation team.
• Drive profitable revenue to achieve volume and margin targets.
• Write proposals and present solutions to clients
• Engage with appropriate resources during the sales process.
• Identify and maintain periodic summaries of key sales metrics to drive timely decision-making.
• Maintain an awareness of Company's current and future application products and services.
• Manage/Support marketing events targeted to the FSI
• Develop and maintain extensive knowledge of current health market conditions to enable the achievement of market targets during the defined period.
• Assist to manage existing clients and ensure they stay satisfied and engaged.
• Track and record activity on accounts and help to close deals to meet company targets.
• Understand the company’s goal and vision in order to continually enhance the company’s performance.
• Assist in keeping costs and operations lean and efficient in all assigned activities.
• Responsible for sales planning and forming strategic partnership with marketing, product, engineering, finance and other relevant functions.
• All other tasks that ensure the following targets are met and maintained: financial targets; customer satisfaction targets; sales targets and targets related to the strategic direction
• All other tasks that affect the management of the business development processes, including pipeline, quality review, and collaboration with internal and external departments.

Requirements

• Candidates should possess a Bachelor's Degree with 3-4 years of work experience.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: career@cernerconsult.com using the Job Title as the subject of the e-mail.