Relationship Manager

Remuneration:	R35000 - R40000 per month
Location:	Cape Town
Remote work:	Not Applicable
Education level:	Degree
Job level:	Mid/Senior
Own transport required:	Yes
Travel requirement:	Occasional
Type:	Permanent

We are looking for an ambitious, connected and conscious-minded relationship manager who has excellent communication and people skills. You will be responsible for looking after existing key accounts and establishing, building and maintaining long-term partnerships that are collaborative and beneficial to all parties.

The goal is to drive sustainable financial growth in order to fund the Ladles of Love programmes by forging strong meaningful and purposeful relationships with clients, across all sectors. Sound marketing and corporate social investment knowledge, event management skills and a passion for opening opportunities though networking, are pre-requisites for this position.

Responsibilities:

• Develop a growth strategy focused both on financial gain and customer satisfaction 
• Conduct research to identify new markets and customer needs 
• Arrange and attend business development meetings with prospective clients 
• Promote the company’s products/services by addressing and predicting clients’ needs and finding common objectives
• Prepare service level agreements ensuring the deliverables and adherence thereof
• Keep data and manage records of sales, revenue, invoices by working in Salesforce
• Provide trustworthy feedback and reporting to business development director
• Be an excellent team player and work in a collaborative and unified way
• Build and nurture long-term relationships with new and existing customers 
• Use campaigns and events to leverage relationships and drive sponsorship revenue.
• Research and mine funding opportunities by knowing and understanding and keeping abreast of ESG, CSI and SDG.

Required:

• Proven working experience in business development, corporate sales, relationship or sponsorship management.
• Experience in relationship management with excellent communication and negotiation skills 
• Happy to put in the hours and hard yards required to achieve results
• Business minded and goal orientated
• Purpose led and solution driven
• Proficiency in MS Office, Google and CRM software (e.g. Salesforce) 
• Public speaking, presentation skills and copy writing
• Event coordination experience
• Congenial and able to build a rapport and foster relationships
• Time management, project management and meticulous administration 
• Willingness to be flexible, resilient and open to learn and upskill
• Own transport, laptop and smart phone is essential.

Posted on 31 Jul 10:56, Closing date 31 Aug