Assistant Manager Business Development

Black & Grey HR; Dubai; On-site; AED 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary plus Benefits

Job summary

Black & Grey HR in the UAE is hiring an Assistant Manager Business Development for a globally recognized luxury home furnishing brand. The ideal candidate should be based in the UAE with prior carpet/home furnishings experience and strong market knowledge of the South Asian product landscape.

The role involves building relationships with key clients and channel partners, expanding brand presence globally, and driving a proactive pipeline through client meetings, proposals and market-led

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Sales, Marketing or a related field.
• Experience in business development or sales within carpet, rug, flooring or home furnishings.
• Based in UAE with good understanding of local market and business environment.
• Established connections with interior designers, architects, hospitality clients, developers and stakeholders.
• Proven ability to generate leads, develop new accounts, negotiate commercially and convert prospects.

Responsibilities

• Identify and develop new business opportunities across the UAE luxury carpet, rug and home furnishings market.
• Leverage industry exposure to identify potential customers, networks and growth opportunities.
• Build relationships with interior designers, architects, design consultants, hospitality groups and developers.
• Generate leads, conduct client meetings, present collections and convert opportunities into business.
• Develop and manage a strong sales pipeline with consistent follow-ups and targets.
• Coordinate with internal teams to propose carpet and rug solutions for residential, commercial and hospitality projects.
• Monitor market trends, competitor activities, pricing and opportunities within UAE and GCC.
• Represent the brand at events, exhibitions, networking forums and client presentations.

Skills

Communication

Presentation

Networking

Relationship management

Negotiation

Lead generation

Market knowledge

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Sales, Marketing or related field

Job description

Black & Grey HR is hiring an Assistant Manager Business Development for a globally recognized luxury home furnishing brand. The ideal candidate should be currently based in the UAE with prior experience in the carpet or home furnishing industry and a strong understanding of the South Asian market product landscape and client base.

The role involves developing new business opportunities building relationships with key clients and channel partners and expanding the brands presence across the globe. The candidate should have a strong commercial mindset excellent networking skills and the ability to engage with interior designers architects consultants hospitality groups developers and other stakeholders in the premium interiors segment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Identify and develop new business opportunities across the UAE luxury carpet rug and home furnishings market.
• Leverage previous industry and home countrys market exposure to identify potential customers business networks and growth opportunities.
• Build and maintain relationships with interior designers architects design consultants hospitality groups real estate developers and corporate clients.
• Generate leads conduct client meetings present product collections and convert opportunities into business.
• Develop and manage a strong sales pipeline ensuring consistent follow-ups and achievement of business development targets.
• Understand customer requirements and coordinate with internal teams to propose suitable carpet and rug solutions for residential commercial and hospitality projects.
• Monitor market trends competitor activities pricing and emerging business opportunities within the UAE and wider GCC.
• Represent the brand at industry events exhibitions networking forums and client presentations.
• Prepare business proposals sales reports market updates and periodic pipeline reviews.
• Work closely with internal sales retail and project teams to ensure effective coordination and a positive customer experience.

Requirements:

Requirements- Bachelors degree in Business Administration Sales Marketing or a related field.

• Relevant experience in business development or sales within the carpet rug flooring or home furnishings industry.
• Strong understanding of the carpet/ home furnishing market with relevant prior industry exposure.
• Must be currently based in the UAE with a good understanding of the local market and business environment.
• Established connections or the ability to build relationships with interior designers architects hospitality clients developers and other relevant stakeholders.
• Proven ability to generate leads develop new accounts negotiate commercially and convert prospects into business.
• Strong communication presentation networking and relationship-management skills.
• Commercially driven proactive and comfortable working towards business development targets.
• Knowledge of the luxury or premium interiors segment will be an advantage.
• Preferably with self sponsored visa.
• Willingness to travel within the UAE for client meetings networking and business development activities.

Benefits- Salary plus Benefits

Required Skills:

• Bachelors degree in Business Administration Sales Marketing or a related field.
• Relevant experience in business development or sales within the carpet rug flooring or home furnishings industry.
• Strong understanding of the carpet/ home furnishing market with relevant prior industry exposure.
• Must be currently based in the UAE with a good understanding of the local market and business environment.
• Established connections or the ability to build relationships with interior designers architects hospitality clients developers and other relevant stakeholders.
• Proven ability to generate leads develop new accounts negotiate commercially and convert prospects into business.
• Strong communication presentation networking and relationship-management skills.
• Commercially driven proactive and comfortable working towards business development targets.
• Knowledge of the luxury or premium interiors segment will be an advantage.
• Preferably with self sponsored visa.
• Willingness to travel within the UAE for client meetings networking and business development activities.