Business Development Specialist

Company Description

Serial Entrepreneurs Accelerator (SEA Ventures Group) is dedicated to accelerating entrepreneurs' careers and business success. We focus on developing highly skilled entrepreneurial leaders whose enterprises will contribute to a sustainable future for their countries. Our mission is to empower entrepreneurs with the tools, knowledge, and opportunities they need to succeed.

Role Description

• Create project schedules, maintain project budgets.
• Schedule meetings and write minutes of meetings.
• Prepare progress reports.
• Create progress presentations for senior management.
• Ensure that team members meet deadlines.
• Creating and implementing sales strategies and identifying new markets to enter.
• Conducting market research to identify new business development opportunities.
• Searching for new tenders, writing RFP's briefs, and support in building its proposals. 
• Establishing and maintaining effective relationships with customers via email, phone, and in person.
• Coordinating and arranging client events, meetings, appointments, and conferences.
• Assisting with preparation of presentations and pitches for prospective clients.
• Writing and distributing agendas, proposals, cost estimates, and briefing documents for internal and external meetings.
• Creating and maintaining client databases and mail lists.
• Tracking submitted proposals and providing feedback to management.
• Providing effective administrative support.
• Participating in marketing campaigns to maximize databases for future programs.
• Accumulate business, marketing and action plans and presentations as needed and when needed.
• Build relationships with customers, industry professionals and journalists.
• Stay up-to-date with digital technology trends.
• Manage communications through in person, by phone, media relations, social media etc.
• Help build positive relations within the team and external parties.
• Prepare daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly reports to client and top management.
• Support growth and program development.
• Assist in the updating of project files, plans, budgets, and policies.
• Represent the company on internal and external committees/organizations.
• Send proposals to clients and negotiate terms and cost.
• Attend meeting representing the company.
• Develop contracts and terms of agreement.
• Support other team members as needed, when needed.
• Additional may be given as needed and when needed

Other:

• Proficiency in both written Arabic and English is required
• Flexibility to accommodate after-hours commitments as needed
• Willingness to work on weekends when necessary
• Flexibility to travel as needed

• Bachelor degree in Business or related major.
• 2+ years of work experience.
• Previous relevant experience with the job is a plus.
• Entrepreneurial drive and experience is a plus.
• Ability to multitask.
• Must have exceptional attention to details.
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills.
• Solid problem-solving.
• Writing, planning and scheduling techniques.
• Teamwork and interpersonal relationships.
• Must be proficient with Microsoft Office and Google products.
• Strong organisational and time management skills, and ability to prioritise.  

• Bilingual Arabic/English.