Business Development Associate - Lagos

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