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Business Development Sales Manager – Africa Projects
Remuneration: Negotiable depending on experience
Location: Johannesburg, Sandton
Education level: Degree
Job level: Mid
Own transport required: Yes
Travel requirement: International
Type: Permanent
Do you enjoy working in an established brand with a strong market reputation?
Are you excited by the prospect of writing your own pay check?
Are you excited to work in Africa, the most inspiring continent?
Are you looking for excellent training and a dynamic team culture?
About us
Africa investor is a specialist investment and communications firm advising governments, international organisations and businesses on communication strategies for capital market and foreign direct investments in Africa. Africa investor publishes Africa investor, the leading international newsstand magazine for Africa’s investment decision makers, maintains the Africa investor 40 Investors’ Index and hosts the Ai CEO Institutional Investment Summit and Awards and the Ai CEO Infrastructure and Sovereign Investment Summit and Awards, among other high-level events.
Your role
Africa investor requires the services of a business development sales manager: Africa projects to drive our media sales efforts (magazine advertising, event sponsorships, online advertising, broadcast sponsorships, etc.) throughout the continent, to be based in South Africa. We offer a competitive salary and a generous commission structure.
Key responsibilities:
Responsible for achieving the set sales revenue and profitability objectives for all Africa investor products (magazine: special corporate profile reports, country investment reports, events: lead and co-host sponsor partnerships, website, section sponsorships, broadcast: advertising funded programmes)
Responsible for developing the sales plan and initiatives to meet corporate objectives
Responsible for the successful execution of the sales plan
Responsible for the negotiation of contracts, terms and conditions of sale in consultation with company directors
Responsible for the monitoring of competitor sales efforts and strategies ensuring market intelligence is up to date and developing tactics and strategies to mitigate competition
Responsible for submitting accurate and timely business forecasts and sales reports as required by management
Responsible for improving distribution and brand awareness in target markets
Sales objective: GBP 400,000 to 500,000 per annum
Salary: dependent on experience and package offered
Commissions on collection
Requirements
Three to five years’ successful business media and magazine sales experience
Banking, finance or economics background advantageous
Selling at the CEO and agency level to major local and multinational corporations
Countries and regions to be covered: various African markets including South Africa and Nigeria
International/African experience preferred
Are you interested?
We look forward to receiving your application, as well as your earliest start date, via email to: pnkandu@africainvestor.com