Marketing & Business Development Manager | Dubai, UAE

Marketing — By Samer Marzouq on March 23, 2010 at 9:16 pm

Job Description
· Develop strategic partnerships that will drive business and build the strategic brands and products in the market place.
· Manage the ongoing relationship with the business partners.
· Track media effectiveness and develop models to determine project paybacks, support business plan development, identify partnering and marketing opportunities.
· Responsible for own lead generation and appointment setting.
· Actively and successfully manage the sales process in terms of: lead generation; credentials maximization; market intelligence; solutions; pitches; negotiations; deal closures; handover to the Sales Management team.
· Possess drive motivation and acute attention to detail in ensuring all sales opportunities are captured and explored.
· Individually responsible for new business.
· Enjoys a polished posture and personality geared towards gaining new business leads and contacts.
· Create and be accountable for all client proposals, contracts and any further documentation.
· Acquied understanding of clients marketing objectives including their return on investment (ROI) objectives.
· Responding to tenders and requests for information in a timely manner.
· Effectively interact with other departments, primarily the Sales Management.
· Handing over campaigns; collecting competitor intelligence data.
· Leading the customer complaints handling process.
· Strong business acumen, relationship building and negotiation skills.
· Sound technical and industrial (plastic) knowledge.
· Sound exposure of Middle Eastern markets.
· Must have proven oral and written fluency in English language and knowledge of Arabic would be an added advantage.
· Sound knowledge of MS Office