Business Development Manager at Kenya Institute of Management (KIM)

The Institute hereby seeks to recruit results-oriented and self-driven experienced professional to join our team for the positions below:

The role of this position is to drive business excellence in organizations through adoption and implementation of OPI model leading to successful participation in the annual Company of the Year Awards (COYA) in line with KIM’s vision of being continental hub of excellence.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE JOBS

MANAGERIAL / SUPERVISORY/ OPERATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES OR ROLES:

1. Participate in the formulation, development and implementation of strategies and policies that will enable the Institute to achieve its objective;
2. Develop and implement appropriate tools for monitoring and evaluating the delivery of the Institute’s strategy;
3. Lead research and data analysis that will inform KIM’s strategy on product development, product improvement, strategic direction and decisions, solutions to management problems by conducting business intelligence, in-house big-data analysis, feasibility studies, new product research and market analysis;
4. Fundraise for the institute and the department for purposes of contributing to the institute’s financial target;
5. Responsible for research, analysis and assessment of opportunities and monitoring in order to provides strategic business Development support;
6. Provide analytical insights for cross-functional teams in critical strategic marketing to inform strategic segmentation, market sizing and forecasting, white space analysis, competitive landscaping and other core areas of strategic marketing and market strategy;
7. Responsible for ensuring institutional compliance to both internal and external policies, rules and regulations;
8. Monitor the execution of the strategy across the departments and assist in the translation of strategies into actionable and quantitative plans across the departments; And
9. Actively forge strategic partnership with relevant stakeholders to enable achievement of the Institutes Objective.

KEY SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES:

1. Annual budget realization
2. High level customer satisfaction for repeat business
3. Maintaining inspired team (staff and external assessors) to deliver value
4. Strategic partnerships for business development
5. Top of the mind brand awareness of COYA/SMOYA

KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

1. Master in Business Administration, Marketing or Management & Leadership.
2. Five (5) years of relevant experience.
3. Member of a professional body.