Business Development & Marketing Manager

POSITION SUMMARY 

Our company services providing end-to-end design, implementation and operational capabilities in freight forwarding, contract logistics, transportation management & distribution management. We are looking for Business Development and Marketing Manager who will be responsible for Bringing new business opportunities and provide prospective customers/clients and also responsible for the overall process of a business development life cycle from assessment to ideation to service design, market strategy from a marketing perspective and monitoring marketing activities ensuring service success. 

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Identifies and develops business development opportunities, based on companies past performance, qualifications, and overarching business development goals.
• Research and identify new business opportunities including new market growth areas, trends, clients, partnership, product and services.
• To formulate, develop and implement the overall business development policies and plans to realize the company’s objectives
• Identifying, qualifying, and securing business opportunities; coordinating business generation activities; developing customized targeted sales strategies
• To maintain existing business relationships and secure new business growth through direct customer contacts and networking
• Understand the market and customer preference thru market assessments 
• Seeking out appropriate contact in an organization and meet with clients face to face or other platforms
• Discuss promotional strategy with the company the general manager
• Attend seminaries, conferences and events held by the company or other parties to capture new opportunities
• Identifying market opportunities through meeting, networking and other channels
• Building positive relationship and meeting existing and potential clients
• Conduct brainstorming sessions with the concerned internal and external people for service ideation
• Understand the needs of the clients and respond effectively with a plan on how to meet the goals and aims
• To actively pursue and achieve agreed growth and sales targets
• Other duties as assigned.
   

JOB CATEGORY:   

•  Marketing
   

SALARY    

• Negotiable 
   

EMPLOYMENT TYPE:                           

•  Permanent
   

PLACE OF WORK   

•  Addis Ababa-Head Office
   

DEPARTMENT  

•   Business Development & Marketing
   

REPORTS TO    

• General Manager
   

EXPERIENCE LEVEL:                        

•     6 To 8 Years
   

EDUCATIONAL LEVEL:                          

•   Bachelor/MA
   

JOB SPECIFICATIONS 

Education:  BA/MA degree in Business Administration, Marketing Management, and Transportation, Logistics and Supply Chain Management or a related field preferred.
Experience: Graduate BA degree and minimum of 8 years and MA degree 6 years with full-time  work in Logistics Company directly experience in Business Development position. 
Knowledge, Skills, Competence:

• Freight Forwarding, Logistics /Transportation, industry experience and Knowledge of areas in logistics, transportation and warehousing mandatory is a Mandatory
• A can-do attitude with the flexibility to work in a fast-paced, deadline driven environment with different personality types;
• Excellent command of Microsoft Word, Excel, and Power Point applications;
• Customer oriented, flexible approach and the ability to foster and encourage this in others,
• Solution focused with the ability to work quickly, accurately, timeliness, attentions to detail and flexibly in changing circumstance
• Report writing skills
• Speaking excellent English language both in written and oral
• Proven analytical and strategic planning skill
• Proven Leadership and communication skill
• Understand customer/partner challenges and findings solutions to them
   

How To Apply

Interested applicants who meet the above requirements should email their cover letter and CVs in PDF format along with their credentials to 

safezonelogisticsplc@gmail.com or P.O.Box 100598 Addis Ababa up to

 February 15 /2025. Please indicate the position title as mentioned in the vacancy announcement in the email Subject line.