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    Business Development Manager Africa - Nairobi, Kenya - The Cigna Group

    The Cigna Group
    The Cigna Group Nairobi, Kenya

    6 days ago

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    The job profile for this position is Sales (IC) Advisor, which is a Band 4 Senior Contributor Career Track Role.

    Excited to grow your career?

    We value our talented employees, and whenever possible strive to help one of our associates grow professionally before recruiting new talent to our open positions. If you think the open position you see is right for you, we encourage you to apply

    Our people make all the difference in our success.

    What would a typical day look like?

    As a Business Development Manager, you own your region, develop your strategy and execute this. You can imagine, two days hardly ever look the same. A typical day might include the following:

    • Building relations within your markets to develop concrete business opportunities and create new sales leads
    • Set everything aside to close a deal.
    • Prepare presentations & proposals
    • Building a healthy pipeline and execute on it in order to close your deals
    • Attend and participate during broker events
    • Review and adapt your regional strategy to maximize results
    • Finish a quote before the deadline while following internal processes.

    What skills do you need?

    • Do you have 5 years of experience in sales and you have strong commercial, networking and negotiation skills? Great start That's essential for the role.
    • Do you also have an international and/or healthcare background?
    • Finally if you are a driven by closing business and get excited by exceeding your sales, you might just be the perfect fit.

    You will love this job if you...

    • Love sales and get motivated by working with targets
    • Are well-organised in following up on your sales leads
    • Nurture relations and enjoy developing them
    • Are triggered by the opportunity to map and adapt our sales strategy
    • Feel in your natural habitat at networking events and in presentation rooms
    • Have a strong sense of accountability and like to be empowered
    • Like to work independently, but also value the input of others
    • Can cope with the stress of deadlines and taking decisions in unexpected situations
    • Are agile and enjoy adapting to an ever changing environment

    Cigna can offer you...

    • A challenging job in an international and diverse context
    • Trust to fill in this position in your personal way and to the best of your abilities
    • A dynamic team and sounding board, a director who will mentor and coach you
    • A challenging job in an international and growing enterprise
    • Market-related salary conditions
    • A dynamic, young and entrepreneurial company culture that values and stimulates initiative, thrive on success and truly understands the concept of the lifetime value of a client.

    Please note that you must meet our posting guidelines to be eligible for consideration. Policy can be reviewed at this link.



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