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Business Development Manager
About this role
GEOACE Nigeria Limited is seeking a Business Development Manager in Lagos. The role focuses on driving growth by identifying new opportunities, building client relationships, and managing registrations and compliance on platforms such as SAP Ariba and NipeX. The company operates in surveying and related services, employing professionals across surveying, engineering, GIS, geology, and related fields. The candidate should work independently and with other teams to meet client and tender requirements. The position is full-time and involves coordinating proposals, bids, and prequalification processes while monitoring market trends.
What you would do
- Identify new business opportunities in oil and gas, engineering, surveying, and environmental sectors
- Identify prospective clients, prepare proposals and quotations, and pursue tenders and commercial opportunities
- Manage company registrations and prequalification on SAP Ariba, NipeX and other portals
- Monitor tender publications and bid submission deadlines and procurement opportunities
- Coordinate preparation and submission of prequalification documents, technical proposals, and commercial bids
- Develop and maintain relationships with clients, procurement teams, and industry stakeholders
- Collaborate with Quality, HSE, Operations and Admin teams to ensure proposals meet ISO and client requirements
- Maintain a database of clients, leads, tenders, bids and BD activities
- Prepare periodic BD reports, sales forecasts and pipeline updates
- Track industry developments and market trends to identify expansion opportunities
What they are asking for
- Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Engineering, Surveying, Environmental Sciences or related field
- 3–5 years of relevant BD, tendering, or client acquisition experience, preferably in oil and gas or technical services
- Experience with SAP supplier/procurement platforms and NipeX registration and tender processes
- Knowledge of ISO management systems, especially ISO 9001 and ISO 45001
- Experience preparing tender documents, prequalification submissions, proposals and quotations
- Strong negotiation, communication, presentation and relationship-management skills
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and business reporting
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively across departments
- Excellent planning, organisation and reporting skills
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