Business Development Associate - Lagos

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Lagos, Lagos Island, Lagos, NGA
In-Office
250K-250K Annually
Mid level
Food • Professional Services • Consulting • Agriculture
The Role
Drives revenue growth by identifying, pursuing, and closing business opportunities across food and agribusiness services. The role sells training, audit, research, and development services to corporate, government, hospitality, healthcare, and education clients. Responsibilities include cold outreach, proposal development, pipeline management, client presentations, negotiations, account expansion, industry networking, and achieving revenue targets while coordinating with internal technical teams.
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Location: Lagos (Covering Ogun)
Work Mode: Hybrid (3 days onsite, 2 days remote)
Reports To: Manager,Strategic Growth and New Initiatives

Position Summary:

We are seeking a highly driven and commercially aggressive Business Development Associate to accelerate growth across our food value chain services, including training, audit, research, and development. This role is for a relentless deal-closer who uses every available channel to originate, pursue, and close business opportunities.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Drive revenue growth by identifying, pursuing, and closing high-value deals across the food and agribusiness sector.

  • Promote and sell FHSA’s services (training, audit, R&D) to corporates (SMES/MSMES/Mid sized food value chain businesses,hospitality,hospitals,schools), SMEs, and government institutions.

  • Originate deals through cold calling, cold meetings, referrals, networking, and strategic outreach.

  • Develop compelling proposals, pitch decks, and commercial offers tailored to client needs.

  • Build and manage a strong pipeline of prospects and convert leads into paying clients.

  • Work closely with internal technical teams to design solutions and ensure strong service delivery alignment.

  • Demonstrate sufficient technical understanding to position FHSA as a strategic service partner to clients.

  • Identify and act on opportunities to expand revenue streams within existing and new accounts.

  • Lead client meetings, presentations, and negotiations to secure contracts.

  • Represent FHSA at industry events, trade fairs, and networking forums.

  • Consistently meet and exceed monthly and quarterly revenue targets.



Requirements
  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Economics, or related field.

  • 3–5 years of proven experience in business development or sales (preferably in service consulting) within FMCGs,QSRs,FastFood Chains,Hospitality,Schools,Hospitals.

  • Strong business to business experience is required

  • Strong experience in proposal writing, cold outreach (calls and meetings), and deal closing.

  • Demonstrated track record of generating and converting leads into revenue.

  • Strong network within Lagos and surrounding South-West states.

  • Excellent negotiation, communication, and relationship-building skills.

  • Self-motivated, target-driven, and resilient under pressure.


Key Attributes:

  • Hungry for revenue and closing deals

  • Strong closing instinct and persuasive ability

  • Street-smart with a deep understanding of the regional market

  • Relentless, proactive, and execution-focused



Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Pension
  • Professional Development Budget
  • Group Life Insurance



Skills Required

  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Economics, or a related field
  • 3-5 years of experience in business development or sales
  • Experience in service consulting, FMCG, QSRs, fast-food chains, hospitality, schools, or hospitals
  • Strong business-to-business sales experience
  • Experience with proposal writing, cold outreach, and deal closing
  • Demonstrated success generating and converting leads into revenue
  • Strong professional network in Lagos and surrounding South-West states
  • Excellent negotiation, communication, and relationship-building skills
  • Self-motivated, target-driven, and resilient under pressure
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The Company
39 Employees

What We Do

Food Health Systems Advisory is Africa's leading food technology consulting firm, dedicated to transforming the continent's food systems through innovative technology and consulting services. They offer management and business advisory services focused on food health and agriculture.

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