Business Development / Admin Officer at Global Property & Facilities International Limited

Global Property & Facilities International Limited is a leading Real Estate Services firm that specializes in Integrated Facilities Management; Property Services – Advisory, Management, Leasing; Building Automation; Infrastructure management & Building Services installation & management. An award winning, African focus RES company. GPFI helps real estate owners, occupiers and investors achieve their real estate investment objectives.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Business Development / Admin Officer

Location: Lagos

Role Summary

We are looking for a Business Development Admin who has 3-7 years of experience in in ensuring the achievement of company’s business goals through timely delivery of administrative jobs that will lead to revenue generation and opportunities of new Customer acquisition; also in executing business strategies aimed at improving the company’s work process.

Responsibilities

Sources, extracts and shares information on new prospects/contacts (organisations/individuals) through secondary surveys (. e.g. online, dailies. etc.).
Archives all database for clients, existing and prospective and all departmental records
Drafts and sends proposals/business letters to create business awareness to identified targets.
Follow up on all proposals sent to prospects to ensure at least 50% becomes bids & tender and 20% of bids/tender turns to business contract.
Sources and updates information on current bids and tenders
Handling all the administrative and technical aspect of bids & tender preparation to ensure completion and timely delivery
Assist the BDM to review contract agreement for clients
Execute and collates all departmental reports including weekly/monthly reports, competition reports, KPI reports amongst others.
Source industry information including statistics and Publish newsletter on the 25th of every month
To operate manual and computerised office systems, for example filing papers, photocopying and collating papers and mailings and maintaining databases.
Maintaining excellent professional relationships internally and externally.
Implements all industry opportunities for trade exhibitions and sponsorships
Liaises with all operational admins local and international on Business development/marketing issues

Required Education and Qualification

B.Sc in any Social Sciences or related courses, IT Skills, Sales and Marketing training
An experience of exposure to the Facility management Industry is an advantage for this role.
Proven working experience as a business development Admin, sales executive or a relevant role with a commendable sales track record.
Experience in a B2B sales environment with proven ability to build long term partnerships
International experience, either professionally or academically.

Skill Set & Profile:

Proficiency in MS Office (especially Word, Excel and Power Points
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Activity-driven, with a strong focus on developing new customers
Innovative thinking, commerciality and flexibility. Tenacity and resilience, with a strong focus on achieving outstanding `sales results
Commercially astute, with the ability to maximize revenue streams
Excellent negotiation skills, with the ability to upsell services and products.

Benefits