Business Development Officer Job Devimpact Institute
Devimpact Institute
Job description
Sales Jobs. Devimpact Institute Jobs. Business Development Officer managing prospective and existing clients throughout the sales journey, requiring a Bachelor’s degree in Business or Marketing with at least 5 years relevant experience in sales or business development, in a professional training environment, on-site role.
Devimpact Institute is seeking a proactive and results-driven Business Development Officer to support client engagement, sales conversion, business growth and long-term client relationships.
The successful candidate will manage prospective and existing clients throughout the sales journey—from responding to enquiries and qualifying leads to follow-up, conversion, retention and repeat business.
Experience in corporate sales, training services or other professional services is highly preferred.
Key Responsibilities
- Respond promptly and professionally to client enquiries
- Qualify leads and manage consistent sales follow-up
- Convert enquiries and prospects into confirmed clients
- Build and maintain strong client relationships
- Identify new business opportunities and institutional partnerships
- Prepare and follow up on quotations, proposals and other sales documents
- Promote repeat business, referrals, cross-selling and upselling
- Reactivate past clients and identify emerging client needs
- Support client-engagement, email and marketing campaigns
- Maintain accurate CRM records and an up-to-date sales pipeline
- Prepare regular sales, pipeline and client-engagement reports
- Coordinate with internal teams to ensure a positive client experience
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Communication, Public Relations or a related field
- At least 5 years’ relevant experience in sales, business development, client engagement, client relations or lead management
- Demonstrated ability to follow up leads and meet sales or conversion targets
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong customer-service, networking, negotiation and relationship-building abilities
- Proficiency in CRM systems, Microsoft Office and digital communication platforms
- Strong organisational skills and attention to detail
- A proactive, persuasive, accountable and results-oriented approach
- Experience in corporate training, professional services or B2B sales will be an added advantage