Business Development Intern

• Identifying and developing a sales pipeline and aggressively marketing for new customers from the identified target sectors.
• Generating revenue and profit including new business development for the company.
• Identifying and acting on cross-selling opportunities.
• Give competitive quotations to intermediaries and following up on the same to close sales.
• Learning different aspects of the sales cycle and different techniques used for indoor sales.
• Setting and achieving targeted goals and objectives for business development and sales.
• Facilitating and ensuring timely collections of payments as per the companys credit policy
• Assisting to manage a portfolio of accounts to achieve long term success
• Assisting to process clients orders in CRM Systems.
• Ensuring timely and successful delivery of clients orders.
• Discussing the upcoming renewals to avoid lapses and ensure business retention renewal is communicated three months prior to expiry date and monthly until the renewal has been completed.
• Following up on renewal and premium collection from the accounts.
• Identifying and actively acting on cross-selling opportunity within the existing portfolio.
• Servicing existing accounts obtaining orders and establishing new accounts by planning and organizing daily work schedule to visit existing or potential sales outlets.
• Preparing daily weekly and monthly reports to assist in measuring market share renewal trends and demand.
• Attending related industry events to push for brand awareness and acquire new contacts for sales lead.
• Promoting AMREF Flying Doctors products and services to customers and negotiating contracts with the aim of maximizing profits.
• Updating client information in Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system
• Keeping records of customer interactions and transactions and making sure that the same has been logged to the CRM.
• Organizing client contact lists schedule performing and updating contacts made in CRM
• Providing excellent customer services and key account management
• Ensuring all the intermediaries are kept up to date with relevant AMREF Flying Doctors products information.
• Providing a channel of communication between AMREF flying doctors intermediaries and suppliers to ensure USSD is working at all the time
• Effectively communicating and listening to customers needs
• Professionally answering calls and finding a solution to the customer
• Making regular visits in order to maintain relationships with the intermediaries prospective and current clients.
• Offering excellent customer service to customers before and after sale.
• Providing administrative support to the sales department i.e. assisting with filling maisha cards printing ensuring there is stationeries etc. as per the departments needs
• Attending to any other work related duties assigned in the unit.

Qualifications :

Education and Experience

• Bachelors degree in Marketing Public Relations Communication Business administration or any other related course from a recognized Institution.
• Proficiency in computer studies (word excel power point CRM system outlook internet.
• Good understanding of customer communication platforms i.e CRM system or other related system.

Knowledge Skills and Competencies

• Good communication and excellent interpersonal skills
• Great presentation skills mixed with good personal grooming
• Good time management skills.
• Demonstrate flexibility to work in a fast-paced environment.

Additional Information :

If you have the passion to contribute to the leading Aero-medical and Health solutions provider submit your application by Monday 23 June 2025. Please visit AMREF Flying Doctors website at  Amref Health Africa website at  view job details and requirements

Duly note that AMREF Flying Doctors does not require applicants to pay any money at whatever stage of the recruitment and selection process and has not retained any agent in connection with recruitment. Although AMREF Flying Doctors may use different job boards from time to time to further spread its reach for applicants all open vacancies are published on our website under the Vacancies page and on our official social media pages. Kindly also note that official emails from AMREF Flying Doctors will arrive from a @ address.

AMREF Flying Doctors is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. AMREF Flying Doctors is an equal opportunity employer and has a non-smoking environment policy.