Business Development Manager

Responsibilities

• Achieve and enhance sales targets established by ProgressSoft.
• Prepare and execute a sales plan for African market which meets ProgressSoft’s 2022-2026 Strategy and Business plan.
• Manage the whole sales cycle, coordinating with Product Owners, Project Managers and Technical Team Leaders.
• Work with related ProgressSoft team to ensure proper engagement with customers and understanding their requirements.
• Cooperate with the Bidding Team to deliver documents and proposals which detail the Business Requirement and ProgressSoft competence.
• Negotiate proposals and contracts of solutions and recurring maintenance.
• Excessive use of ProgressSoft’s CRM to build and update client profiles.
• Analyze and prepare comparison sheets between ProgressSoft and competitive products.
• Identify new markets and opportunities.
• Develop strong distribution channels with renowned global, regional and local firms.

Requirements

• Proven track record of sales in African English speaking country/s, In the banking and financial sector.
• Fluency in French and English is a must.
• Ability to deal with all levels of staff within an organization.
• Strong negotiation skills with decision makers.
• Very good communication, presentation and interpersonal skills.
• Very good understanding of banking and payments systems.
• Organized, focused, ambitious and independent.