Job Title: Business Development Manager
Reports to: Managing Director
No. of Vacancies: 1
Job Purpose:
The Business Development Manager is responsible for driving business growth, client engagement, and ensuring timely collection.
Key Responsibilities & Duties:
- Deliver cargo volume and value targets.
- Prepare bid documents for projects and lead negotiations with clients.
- Collect market intelligence critical to decision-making, especially regarding pricing for services, balancing the conflicting objectives of maximizing profits and market share.
- Ensure that customers pay on time, aiming to have no new bad debts – invoices must be paid off within 45 days latest.
- Represent the company at key stakeholder engagements.
Required Qualifications and Experience:
- A degree in Business or any business-related course.
- EACFFPC is an added advantage.
- At least 3 years of relevant work experience in the sale of logistics services.
- Computer literacy (Windows, MS Office).
- A master’s degree in a related field is an added advantage.
- A driven and target-oriented individual.
- Focused, action-oriented individual with extreme attention to detail.
- A problem solver with a can-do mindset.
- Able to manage a team of professionals and technical staff.
- Excellent communication skills (written, verbal, and listening).
- Efficiency, planning, and good organizational skills.
- Good analytical skills.
- Good presentation and interpersonal skills.
- Able to diagnose, analyze, and solve problems.
- Discretion when dealing with confidential information.
- Professional and ethical with absolute honesty.
Application Procedure:
Interested and qualified applicants should submit their applications by email to recruiting@dtlogistics.co.ug, clearly indicating the position applied for to the Managing Director. Applications should be in one attachment, including a cover letter, detailed up-to-date curriculum vitae (CV), copies of academic and professional certificates/testimonials, a photocopy of their National Identity card, and a recent passport size photograph on each copy of the application submitted.
Applications should be delivered before the close of business on Thursday, 29th February 2024, at 23:00 hours.
