BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

Employer: AAR - Kenya Type: Full-time Minimum Experience: 5 Years
Location: Eldoret Positions: 1 Department: Sales

About the Job

Support the company to drive growth by acquiring new business, expanding markets, and building strategic relationships, while supporting revenue and profitability targets.

Duties & Responsibilities

1. Business growth & revenue generation

2. Identify and acquire new Retail, SME and corporate clients and intermediaries.   

3.Drive new premium growth across insurance products

4. Achieve sales targets and contribute to profitability

5. Lead generation & sales pipeline management

5. Generate, qualify, and convert leads and prospects

6. Manage the sales pipeline and track performance

7. Improve conversion rates and sales efficiency

8. Relationship & account management

9. Build and maintain strong relationships with: Insurance brokers and agents, Retail, Corporate and SME clients, Strategic partners, Act as the primary contact for key accounts

10.  Market development

11. Product & solution development support

12. Any other duties allocated by the supervisor


Proficiency in using MS Office suites (i.e., MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint etc.). 

  • Proficiency in the use of operating systems (such as SAP) for Inventory management, budgeting, cost control and tasks management 
  • Specialized activities related to Admin management, and performance evaluation, monitoring of transactions and reporting. 
  • Demonstrated openness to change and ability to manage complexities and remains calm, in control and good humored even under pressure.
  • • Financial reporting understanding, accounting qualification or exposure to the same will be an added advantage. 
  • People management skills 
Personal Attributes
Strong communication skills
Relationship-oriented 
Sales-driven and results-focused 
Strategic thinker 
Negotiation and persuasion skills 
Customer-centric mindset
High integrity and professionalism 
Resilient and self-motivated 
Collaborative team player 
Strong time management and organization
Knowledge of general Insurance Business will be an added advantage.


Academic Qualifications
Qualification NameLevel
Bachelor of Commerce/ Business Related Field Degree
Diploma in Insurance Diploma
Skill Qualifications
SkillLevel
Microsoft Word/Excel/PowerPoint Proficient
Attachments
Document NameIs Mandatory?
C.V Yes
Academic Documents Yes