Business Development Officer

• .Monitor the overall business promoting activities of the project from the center point cooperating with project coordinator and other personnel.
• Provide training and mentoring to beneficiaries of the project.
• Develop business and marketing plans of the entrepreneurs in coordination with project coordinator to achieve project goals.
• Perform market research to identify new clients and engage with project management team to establish strategies for pursuing their demands.
• Meeting with market actors to present project offerings and negotiate business deals.
• Explain prospective clients about the advantages of the products or services offered and follow up them in order to close the business deals.
• Respond to client queries regarding the products in a timely fashion.
• Analyzing customer feedback data to determine whether customers are satisfied with supplied products and services.
• Analyze the production trend, sales, revenues and product deficiencies in order to provide recommendations for business growth and problem resolution of the project beneficiaries/entrepreneurs.
• Develop in-depth knowledge about business development practices, marketing activities, prospective clients and business trends among the project beneficiaries/entrepreneurs.
• Develop strong customer relationships in order to generate high volume of prospective clients.
• Manage customer calls and appointments effectively for new opportunities.
• Supervise the client relationship management database and utilize it to manage customer contacts and mailing lists.
• Assist the project team in following the project Work Plan and keep it updated in accordance with project activities and timeframes as relevant.
• Collect data on a regular basis to measure achievement against the performance indicators.
• Assist in preparing weekly/monthly reports through coordinating with project coordinator, M&E Officer and other field level staffs.
• Identify lessons learned and develop case studies to capture qualitative outputs of the project.
• Produce special reports on the project activities and outputs as per the requirements of donor organization.
• Work with project coordinator and other filed staffs to ensure the collection of relevant and appropriate data needed for an effective business promotion which will be utilized in monitoring strengths, weaknesses and gaps in project implementation and for reporting on donor commitments.
• Share learning and provide constructive comments to colleagues in order to ensure programme quality.

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