• identify new business opportunities – including new markets, growth areas, trends, customers, products and services
• generate leads and cold call prospective customers
• meet with customers/clients face to face or over the phone
• understand the needs of your customers and be able to respond effectively with a plan of how to meet these
• draw up client contracts – depending on the size of company, this task may be completed by someone else or agreements may not be as formal
• have a good understanding of the businesses’ products or services and be able to advise others about them
• discuss promotional strategy and activities with the marketing department
• attend seminars, conferences and events where appropriate

• help to plan sales campaigns
• create a sales pipeline
• negotiate pricing with customers, and suppliers in some cases
• carry out sales forecasts and analysis and present your findings to senior management.

·         High-level communication skills

·         Stakeholder management skills

·         Proven ability to negotiate

·         Experience with design and implementation of business development strategy

·         Conflict resolution

·         The ability to self-motivate and motivate a team

·         Experience working to and exceeding targets

• Girls are highly recommended