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Business Development Manager - French Speaking (BDM - French)

Overview

Reference
BDM - French

Salary
ZAR/month

Job Location
- South Africa -- Kwazulu-Natal -- Durban

Job Type
Permanent

Posted
08 May 2025

Closing date
08 Aug 2025 21:59


Our client is seeking a Business Development Manager - French Speaking candidate to join their Durban team.

Responsibilities:

  • Achieve profit budgets which the candidate would annually set with the approval of the MD

  • Seek and identify opportunities in the market

  • Successfully negotiate a trade (sale) using negotiation and salesman's skills

  • Maintain a high level of service to clients through relationships and relationship building

  • Comply with the regulations of the various markets

  • Comfortably work within the company's logistical and financial controls

Skills:

  • Good mathematical understanding and an ability to read numbers / figures

  • Working knowledge of INCO terms both on a buying and a selling basis

  • Creative and inventive style of thinking

  • An ability to show initiative in any given situation

  • The maturity to handle a diverse group of customers

  • Big picture orientated but with an understanding of the importance of details

Qualifications:

  • Fluent French speaking individual

  • Knowledge of exports and the logistics thereof

  • Proven track record of successfully negotiating and closing deals

  • Ability to speak fluent French

  • Good knowledge of FMCG products


Contact information

Tamlyn Redmond