Business Development Assistant

Job Summary

The BDA provides support to an organisation’s development team to ensure timely and consistent delivery of company services to its clients

Minimum Qualification:Bachelor
Experience Level:Mid level
Experience Length:No Experience/Less than 1 year
Job Description

Manage the communication of the organization with clients via means like emails, telephones, and websites
Respond to inquiries made by clients about company products and services in a timely and friendly manner
Act as link between the organization and the clients to ensure clients take more interest in products and services rendered by the business organization
Undertake and monitor researches to provide highly needed support for the business development team
Identify and communicate with new business leads for the organization
Conduct research and also make delivery on any intelligence that will have strong impact on proposition development for any new investment project of the organization
Develop good knowledge regarding priority sectors, like market routes and trends; this enables the organization improve on its effectiveness in service delivery
Provide required support for the organization’s business development team, especially in activities relating to account management
Perform various tasks, like recording minutes during meetings
Develop operational contacts, which will provide needed support for the tasks undertaken by the organization’s business development team
Contribute to the management of the organization’s systems to ensure things are done accurately
Assist the sales agents of the organization to complete clients visit reports and system development
Manage reports and management information to ensure the company meets up with requirements made known by clients
Support the business development manager in sales support when required by him/her
Work under direction of the business development manager
Assist the manager to make inquiries on small projects and to handle them from start to finish
Cooperate in positive manner to the growth of the organization by providing required assistance to relevant staff and organization’s partners