BitPesa
(www.bitpesa.co) is a cutting-edge online payment platform that leverages
blockchain settlement to significantly lower the cost and increase the speed of
business payments to, from and within sub-Saharan Africa. BitPesa’s clients
range from African businesses and multinational companies paying suppliers as
far as China and Dubai to international remittance companies using our API
services for white-label payments to dozens of bank networks and mobile money
operators across Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Senegal, and the DRC.
(www.bitpesa.co) is a cutting-edge online payment platform that leverages
blockchain settlement to significantly lower the cost and increase the speed of
business payments to, from and within sub-Saharan Africa. BitPesa’s clients
range from African businesses and multinational companies paying suppliers as
far as China and Dubai to international remittance companies using our API
services for white-label payments to dozens of bank networks and mobile money
operators across Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Senegal, and the DRC.
We
are recruiting to fill the position below:
are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job
Title: Business Development Associate
Location: Lagos
Job Type: Full-Time
Title: Business Development Associate
Location: Lagos
Job Type: Full-Time
Job
Summary
Summary
- As
the Business Development (BD) Associate, you will be responsible for
generating, qualifying and helping close sales leads in Nigeria, and other
West African markets, for BitPesa’s cross-border payments service. - In
this sales role, you will support the BD Team in customer acquisition
within existing as well as new markets. - We’re
looking for an ambitious young professional, with the relevant experience
and skills, to help BitPesa penetrate the West African markets by selling
our cross-border payment products and services. - This
is an exciting opportunity to help take Africa’s leading digital F/X
company to the next level.
Key
Responsibilities
Responsibilities
- Help
ensure client portfolio grows while being diversified, stable and profitable. - Regularly
update the sales pipelines with client engagement status. - Develop
competitive analysis to identify market trends, customer needs and
pricing/rate structure across the industry. - Adhere
to the sales process set out by the company to acquire clients.
Activities
- Develop
a holistic Lead Generation and Qualification Plan across various target
segments and industries. - Regularly
contact prospective clients (via introductory emails, phone calls)
generated by the Business Development and Marketing Team to engage leads
and procure discovery meetings. - Assist
Team Managers in conducting meetings, when necessary, with prospective and
existing clients with the aim of growing our business. - Liaise
with Compliance to collect required documents from clients and ensure
account approval is completed in a timely manner with all the necessary
compliance checks. - Flawlessly
execute trade requests from new clients and ensure thorough hand-off is
completed to the Account Management Team. - Keep
sales tools up to date with excellent lead and process management to
clearly identify status and success during sales process. - Assist
with implementing sales strategies and plans including but not limited to
specific marketing campaigns and marketing penetration strategies. - Regularly
mine various business-oriented online platforms (e.g Linkedin) to network
and connect with potential leads. - Attend
events and conferences representing the company across the region. - Develop
quarterly, monthly, and weekly plans with specific, measurable goals.
Requirements
- Excellent
organizational skills with the ability to prioritize and multitask, when
required. - Advanced
Microsoft Office and Google Suite Tools skills along with the willingness
and ability to become familiar with Company-specific sales tools/software. - Passionate
about our mission to redefine how businesses make payments to, from and
within Africa. - Based
in Lagos and willingness to travel within West Africa. - Young
professional who is ambitious and passionate. - Ability
to understand and help promote customer-centric vision at BitPesa. - Quantitative
individual with a love for numbers and data analysis. - Excellent
interpersonal, communications, public speaking, presentation, and
listening skills. - Creative
problem solver with the ability to work independently with minimal
guidance.
How
to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply
Application
Deadline 13th November, 2018.
Deadline 13th November, 2018.
