Details:
- Salary: £30,000 - 38,000 - Annum
- Job Type: Permanent
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Annum
- Location: City of London London
- Date: 1 week ago
Description:
We are inviting applications for Business Development Officer to target IT and banking clients for Quantum Group for their business in compliance consulting and Advisory based in London .
The job responsibilities include:
Research and identify new business opportunities through Google Ads and other Digital Marketing platforms - including new markets, growth areas, trends, customers, partnerships, and products - or new ways of reaching existing markets
Seek out the appropriate contact in an organisation
Generate leads and cold call prospective customers
Foster and develop relationships with customers
Understand the needs of your customers and be able to respond effectively with a plan of how to meet these
Think strategically - seeing the bigger picture and setting aims and objectives in order to develop and improve the business
Work strategically - carrying out necessary planning in order to implement operational changes
Have a good understanding of the businesses' products and be able to advise others about them
Ensure staff are on board throughout the organisation, and understand the need for change and what is required of them
Train members of your team, arranging external training where appropriate
Discuss promotional strategy and activities with the marketing department
Liaise with the finance team, warehousing and logistics departments as appropriate
Eeek ways of improving the way the business operates
Attend seminars, conferences and events where appropriate
Keep abreast of trends and changes in the business world..
Skills and education:
Must have at least Bachelor's degree
Demonstrated leadership skills
Excellent communication skills and presentation skills
Tenacity and drive to seek new business and meet or exceed targets
An excellent telephone manner for making initial contact and for ongoing communication with customers and business associates
Interpersonal skills for building and developing relationships with clients
Written and verbal communication skills - needed for communicating with a range of people, both internally and externally, as well as presentation skills
IT skills, including the use of spreadsheets
Teamworking skills and a collaborative approach to work
Decision-making skills
The ability to multitask and prioritise your workload
Negotiating skills
The ability to think strategically
The ability to analyse sales figures and write reports
A flexible approach to work with the ability to adapt to a fast-paced, ever-changing environment
Initiative and the confidence to start things from scratch