KEY RESPONSIBILITIESA. New Business Development- Identify and develop new B2B customers.- Prospect for new business opportunities through market research, email, LinkedIn, networking, references and field visits.- Identify relevant companies and potential customers across our target industries.- Establish contact with key decision-makers within prospective organisations.- Introduce the company and its capabilities to prospective customers.- Generate qualified enquiries.- Continuously expand the company's prospective customer database.B. Customer Meetings & Relationship Development- Fix appointments and conduct meetings with prospective customers.- Make introductory presentations about the company and its solutions.- Understand customer requirements at a preliminary level.- Identify upcoming requirements, projects and opportunities within existing and prospective customers.- Develop relationships with IT, Telecom, Projects, Engineering, Purchase and other relevant departments.- Maintain regular contact with customers to identify future opportunities.- Develop long-term relationships rather than focusing only on individual enquiries.C. Lead & Opportunity Management- Maintain a structured pipeline of prospects, leads and active opportunities.- Qualify leads before passing requirements to the internal technical / sales support team.- Capture relevant information such as requirement, expected quantity / scope, project location, timeframe and customer contact details.- Coordinate internally to ensure that qualified customer enquiries are taken forward.- Follow up with customers after submission of quotations / proposals by the internal team.- Obtain customer feedback regarding submitted offers.The BDE's responsibility is to find the customer, open the opportunity, generate the enquiry and drive the customer relationship and follow-up towards closure.