Business Development Associate

Sagaci Research is seeking for ambitious Business Development Associates in order to develop our activities across the African continent.

You will set up & execute a business & marketing plan to approach new prospects
You will establish long-term business relationships with them in order to develop your client portfolio
You will meet and negotiate with top decision-makers and identify their issues and needs
You will define, along with our research team the appropriate methodologies and elaborate commercial proposals to best answer our client’s needs
You will be at the interface between your clients and Sagaci Research’s team of researchers who will perform the projects

Desired skills

You hold a degree in business or engineering
You are recently graduated or with initial experience
You are passionate about sales, research and innovation
You are fluent in English and French
Requested qualities: Interpersonal skills – strong commercial awareness – results oriented – Entrepreneurship – taste for challenges – tenacity – ambition – creativity
You are a Kenyan Citizen (no work permit needed)