Job Description
About Apna
Founded in 2019, Apna is India's largest & fastest growing professional networking platform dedicated to
helping India's burgeoning working class unlock unique job opportunities.
Backed by marquee investors like Tiger Global, Lightspeed, Sequoia, Owl Ventures, Greenoaks Capital &
few more with solid $190+ Mn. funding. Apna is on a mission to enable livelihoods for billions in India.
With over 40Mn.+ users from 70+ cities and 400k+ employers that trust the platform - India has a new
destination to discover relevant opportunities.
Requirements
We are building a premium end-to-end hiring platform for our clients, capturing the niche white-collar
space. This new business vertical allows us to broaden our current offerings and client base. We are
looking for a Business Development Professional who will lead client onboarding for this premium
offering.
Job Responsibilities:
- Identify and develop new business opportunities through networking, industry knowledge, current expertise and existing contacts.
- Engage with CXO-level stakeholders and establish/maintain relationships with them.
- Forecasting and planning monthly & quarterly sales targets and executing them in a given time frame.
- Proactively initiate contact with potential clients
- Build and maintain a good relationship with existing clients to facilitate repeat business
- Conduct research to identify new markets and customer needs
- Prepare sales contracts ensuring adherence to law-established rules and guidelines
- Analysing the latest marketing trends, tracking competitors activities, and providing valuable inputs for fine-tuning sales & marketing strategies; initiating market development efforts.
- Will be responsible for new client acquisition, revenue growth as well as existing clients' retention and relationship
Mandatory Skills:
- A self-starter with a desire for success who can spot new opportunities
- Proven record in business development
- Driven individual motivated by sales result
- Excellent communication skills: written, verbal, and listening
- Go-getter with the ability to work under pressure.
- Behavioural skills Confidence, Persistency, Maturity, Adaptability, Assertive, proactive
- Knowledge skills Sales & marketing, highly analytical, Good presentation skills,
- Should be mature and level-headed
- Well organized
- Presentable and confident
Qualification
Bachelor's Degree
Key skill Required
- Networking
- Business Development
- Sales
- Ability To Work Under Pressure
- Adaptability
- Communication
- Customer Needs
- Development
- Facilitate
- Forecasting
- Market Development
- Marketing
- Onboarding
- Presentation
- Proactive
- Research
- Revenue Growth
- Sales Targets
