Job Summary
The BPO Business Development Manager is responsible for driving revenue growth through the acquisition of new clients for our Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) services. This role requires a high-performing sales professional with deep knowledge of the contact centre and BPO industry, the ability to manage complex consultative sales cycles, and a passion for solving client problems through outsourcing solutions. The successful candidate will thrive in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment and possess the ability to independently hunt, engage, and close deals across multiple verticals.
What you'll do:
- New Business Acquisition: Identify, qualify, and close new business opportunities for inbound/outbound contact centre, back-office, and support services.
- Pipeline Development: Build and maintain a robust pipeline of qualified prospects using cold outreach, referrals, existing market connections, partnerships, conferences, and digital channels.
- Contribute to strategic business planning, pricing models, and revenue forecasting.
- Client Engagement: Lead end-to-end consultative sales processes, including discovery, solution design, pricing, proposal development, contract negotiation, and handover to operations.
- Market Expansion: Penetrate new verticals not limited to retail, healthcare, financial services, e-commerce, Energy, and Telco by tailoring messaging to client pain points.
- Collaboration: Partner with marketing, solution architects, operations, and onboarding teams to deliver high-impact proposals and seamless service transitions.
- Reporting & Forecasting: Maintain CRM hygiene, provide weekly pipeline updates, and report accurately on forecasted revenue.
- Brand Representation: Represent our BPO at trade shows, industry events, webinars, and client meetings as a trusted thought partner and consultative seller.
Your Expertise:
- 5+ years of business development or enterprise sales experience in BPO, contact centre outsourcing, or SaaS with a CX focus.
- Proven track record of consistently meeting or exceeding sales quotas (R20M+ annually).
- Experience selling complex, multi-stakeholder solutions with long sales cycles.
- Familiarity with CRM systems, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, and outreach tools.
- Deep understanding of contact centre KPIs, SLA metrics, workforce management, scheduling and outsourcing value propositions.
- Strong presentation, proposal writing, and negotiation skills.
- Highly self-directed, resourceful, and accountable for results.
- Experience selling to mid-market or enterprise clients in regulated industries (e.g. retail, healthcare, finance, Energy, and telecom).
- Knowledge of local, nearshore, and offshore delivery models.
- Familiarity with RFP processes, contract and price structuring in outsourced services.
Key Competencies:
- Hunter Mentality – Driven to win new logos and build from scratch
- Consultative Approach – Skilled at diagnosing client needs and proposing tailored solutions
- Resilience – Comfortable with ambiguity, rejection, and long sales cycles
- Collaboration – Effective working cross-functionally with marketing, operations, and leadership
- Strategic Thinking – Able to identify whitespace and design entry