Business Development Officer (Merchants Acquisition) Job in Nairobi Kenya

May 27, 2016

Job Title: Business Development Officer – Merchants Acquisition
 

Industry: IT
 

Location: Nairobi
 

Salary: Kshs 50K + Commissions
 

Our client provides a user-friendly modern payment system integrated through self service kiosks enabling customers make instant payments for services such as mobile phone credit and utility bills.  

 

They are looking to hire a business development officer to enable them acquire strategic/high value merchants. 

He/she will focus on building and maintaining successful long-term relationships with these merchants.
 

Job Roles

• Creating and maintaining relations with merchants in whose premises the Payment booths have been installed.


• Work closely with the merchants to increase usage of the payment system


• Identifying new sites with busy traffic to install the payment machines, approaching the potential merchants and making sales presentations.


• Manage strategic merchant relationships from qualification to post-sales set up to maintain service level standards;


• Services minor machine malfunctions, preventative/routine maintenance and communicating pertinent information to various support departments.


• Ensure agreements (SLAs) with the merchant and the company are followed and implemented.


• Increasing the number of Payment booths in the defined territories.


• To co-ordinate with malls co-coordinator / land lords and other merchants for getting approvals for booth installations.


• Carry out other responsibilities as may be assigned

Key Qualifications

• A degree in Sales and Marketing or a related field


• 3-5 years of POS payment solution sales / merchant acquisition experience for POS payment solution / e-commerce payment solution


• Good Communication skills and high levels of confidence.


• Should be hospitable with service orientation.


• Analytical capabilities.

If you are up to the challenge, possess the necessary qualification and experience; please send your CV only quoting the job title on the email subject (Business Development Officer- Merchant Acquisition)) to jobs@corporatestaffing.co.ke before Thursday 2nd June 2016.

Kindly indicate current/last salary on your CV. 

N.B: We do not charge any fee for receiving your CV or for interviewing

Only candidates short-listed for interview will be contacted