Business Development Representative

Responsibilities:

• Contact and qualify potential creators/affiliate partners through cold calls, emails or other forms of communication to ensure they are added to the sales pipeline and produce more qualified leads
• Set appointments, follow up and close leads
• Track progress towards meeting weekly/monthly sales goals
• Use customer relationship management (CRM) software to manage leads and sales activities
• Stay up-to-date on market trends, competition, and industry developments
• Attend virtual/physical events to build relationships and generate leads
• Provide regular reports on sales activities and results to management.
• Customize product solutions to increase customer satisfaction
• Gather useful information from users and competitor data
• Research target demographics, economic trends, customer needs and interests and other data that can be used in creating strategies for business development
• Present sales pitches, product reports and other valuable data to potential prospects in a way that promotes the company brand and mission and helps the audience identify a need for our product offering.
• Study our products and be able to persuasively educate and inform customers of how it works; understand how to upsell and recommend complementary offer.

Requirements:

• 12+ months experience with sales
• Possess strong entrepreneurial spirit i.e self-driven and ambitious
• Digital marketing experience is a must
• Experience with the digital tools and tactics of B2B prospecting (e.g. Salesloft, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, Cognism etc.)
• Won’t combine any on-site engagement with the role and for remote position if any at all, just 1 not-so-intense gig
• Single, Female and not older than 28 years
• Experience retailing digital information product is a plus
• Note: It’s a 6 month contract and could lead to a permanent role.
• Excellent negotiation, organization skills, attention to detail, and highly data-driven are must
• Ability to prioritize different projects and stay on schedule
• Proficiency in customer relationship management (CRM) software
• Proficiency with word processing, spreadsheet and presentation software
• Knowledge of working sales techniques and strategies
• Familiarity with project management methodologies
• Ability to work independently or in a high energy sales team environment.

Location: ( Accra)