Business Development Executive playing a pivotal role in sales processes - fostering relationships with prospective clients to create and qualify sales leads.

• Formulating sales and marketing strategies, establishing key accounts in construction, engineering, defence, water, and sanitation, and increasing annual revenue by 32% • Developing and implementing a customer loyalty program propelling the customer retention rate • Increasing return on investment (ROI) for marketing campaigns through the creation of effective strategies, budget management, and testing of tactics across multiple channels, and achieving a 15% reduction in marketing expenses• Leading a 10 member sales team to achieve sales goals, fostering professional growth, and improving productivity through automation• Pioneering business expansion into new markets; identifying new markets, securing and opening new branch locations, expanding market share by 20%

• Conducted comprehensive market and competitor research, contributing to the development of sales and marketing strategies that increased corporate accounts• Cultivated strong client relations, resulting in improved client satisfaction and a 10% reduction in client churn rate• Achieved a 100% sales target achievement rate by using networking, lead generation, and cold selling skills• Invited high-profile guests for radio and television appearances, boosting brand visibility, increasing viewers and spiking engagement across social media platforms by posting interview snippets

• Oversaw value chain and project management for various agriculture projects, spearheading project management, budget management, continuous improvement, technical support, and training• Led Project Feed the Future Zimbabwe, delivering technical advice and support to 108 smallholder farmers, increasing farmer income by 95%• Managed a maize production project with 286 small scale farmer beneficiaries and supported soya bean and ground nut production for 65 smallholder farmers• Developed and managed a USAID funded financial literacy program, increasing smallholder farmers’ ability to manage business and personal finances• Expanded donor funding by 25% and extended project delivery capacity, by crafting winning grant proposals that secured funding from international donors • Grew the microfinance portfolio by 1400% increase within 2 years through targeted marketing