Business Development Manager

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

• Build and foster positive relationships with county governments, Members of the County Assembly and other critical stakeholders in counties with the aim of serving communities in those counties
• Oversee the Company marketing plan, organising events and creating content, where relevant, to support the messaging.
• Lead initial engagements with potential clients and partners – both private and government organisations.
• Act as the key point of contact for commercial questions and discussions, including media relations.
• Generate contractual documentation and manage its sign off with third-parties and government institutions.
• Liaising regularly with global functional leads for support on responsibilities, including sessions presenting and discussing plans, progress and performance
• Liaising regularly with other areas of the East Africa teams to collaborate and to keep up to date with progress

Qualifications:

• Must have minimum of five years of sales or business development experience at a senior level in a commercial organisation
• Must have proven experience working with government and/or private institutions within Kenya
• Must demonstrate commercial awareness and proven experience in developing strategic engagement plans
• Experience working in water/utilities/energy industry is highly desirable
• Experience applying for, winning and monitoring grant funding is desirable
• Experience in events organisation, engagement or marketing is desirable
• Must demonstrate high levels of integrity and ethical behaviour
• Must demonstrate exceptional communication and interpersonal skills
• Must be able to work independently with limited micromanagement
• Must have strong understanding of measures of performance
• Must have exceptional organisational skills and demonstrate meticulous attention to detail
• Must demonstrate excellent, management, leadership and presentation skills
• Must have outstanding analytical and problem-solving abilities