Business Development Manager
29 Jul 2025
Lagos, Nigeria
Verified by Turrior
Content + Source + Freshness • 13 Dec 2025 • 95% confidence
80 / 100
Offer value
Strong value derived from a clear mission in emerging markets, competitive growth opportunities, and impactful industry engagement.
- Key position in international trade transformation
- Engagement with African market dynamics
- Opportunities for strategic influence and growth
- Requires a commercial mindset and relevant experience
Pros
- Key role in transforming African trade and supply chains
- Dynamic growth under transformative market conditions
- Opportunities to influence product development and market strategies
Cons
- Position requires navigating complex market conditions
- Ambiguity in exact salary range may deter some applicants
- Demanding targets may require extensive travel or networking
Who it's for
Mid-level • Onsite in Lagos, opportunities for remote collaboration
Good fit
- Professionals in cross-border trade or commodity sales
- Candidates eager to influence market dynamics
- Individuals passionate about sustainable trading
Not recommended for
- Candidates without relevant market experience
- Those preferring stable, predictable job roles
- Individuals adverse to working in a fast-paced context
Motivation fit
Passion for enabling trade in emerging marketsDesire to contribute to sustainable practices and complianceInterest in innovative technology solutions
Key skills
Negotiation and partnership developmentMarket analysis and strategic planningCross-functional collaboration
Score: 80/100 AI verified analysis
About the job
About Us
Founded with a solutions oriented approach to solving commercial challenges, Sabi has grown to become a significant player in global supply chain services, focusing on the processes involved in the sourcing and distribution of physical goods and commodities across diverse global markets. We blend innovative technology with intuition to create solutions to support supply chain management, sustainability and compliance, and financial services. It goes beyond conventional service provision, serving as a dynamic tool for the growth of retail merchants, exporters, aggregators, distributors, importers, and manufacturers. Through Sabi's technology rails, businesses not only navigate challenges but expand their capabilities and reach on a global scale.
Core Values
- User Focus – Always focused on building the best solutions for our users
- Big minds - Innovate. Think big. Be open.
- Always Deliver - Do the work. Be accountable. Collaborate.
- Be Kind - Be considerate. Life is stressful enough.
- Keep it Simple - Strip it down. Get to the essence.
Job Description
About Sabi
Sabi exists to transform the way the world sources African commodities. We unlock the full potential of African trade by empowering informal merchants with the infrastructure, technology, financing, and services they need to scale and meet global demand.
Our mission is to bring transparency, reliability, and efficiency to fragmented commodity supply chains — connecting global buyers directly with the most qualified commodity producers on the continent.
We do this by offering an end-to-end operating system for trade — built for Africa’s realities but designed to meet or exceed global standards. Sabi helps merchants, traders, and buyers move goods faster, finance growth, ensure quality, and unlock opportunity—even amid political or market uncertainty.
Our mission is to bring transparency, reliability, and efficiency to fragmented commodity supply chains — connecting global buyers directly with the most qualified commodity producers on the continent.
We do this by offering an end-to-end operating system for trade — built for Africa’s realities but designed to meet or exceed global standards. Sabi helps merchants, traders, and buyers move goods faster, finance growth, ensure quality, and unlock opportunity—even amid political or market uncertainty.
Job Summary
Are you a commercially minded operator who thrives in fast-moving environments? Do you enjoy connecting strategy with execution, and turning big opportunities into scalable playbooks? As Business Development Manager for TRACE, you’ll help unlock high-value trade flows across Africa’s agricultural and mineral markets.
This role is ideal for a strong mid-level commercial lead with experience in cross-border trade, commodities, or platform sales—especially in emerging or informal markets. You’ll own partner development, grow revenue, and help define how TRACE delivers compliance, transparency, and trust to global buyers.
What you will be doing
- Identify and onboard new buyers, traders, and originators who would benefit from TRACE's traceability and compliance tools
- Lead client discussions and negotiations from qualification through to close and onboarding
- Partner with the operations and product teams to ensure clients are supported and retained
- Own monthly growth targets and deliver predictable pipelines across multiple regions and commodity types
- Work cross-functionally to define go-to-market strategies and pricing models for traceability services
- Stay abreast of industry trends and competitor offerings across traceability, ESG compliance, and commodity sourcing
- Collect and share feedback to influence TRACE product development and platform experience
Requirements
Special Skills and Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in business development, partnerships, sales, or trade operations in a commercial environment
- Experience working in agriculture, minerals, logistics, or compliance-driven industries
- Proven track record of closing deals and meeting commercial targets
- Strong communication and negotiation skills; fluent in English
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Economics, or related field
Candidate Specification
- Motivated by the mission of Sabi
- Pragmatic with quantitative and analytical ability and attention to detail
- Driven, independent thinker and leader who can juggle multiple projects simultaneously with fast-changing priorities
- High level of integrity and dependability with a strong sense of urgency.
- A focus on execution. Willing and able to get hands dirty.
- Flexibility to roll up your sleeves and attack problems and projects as they arise, where you will need to set out a clear structure, method and outcomes yourself.
Why Join Sabi
At Sabi, we’re more than a company—we’re a movement. Join a team of bold thinkers, builders, and doers working to reshape the future of global trade. We work at the edge of innovation in technology, commerce, and sustainability—and we do it with heart. If you’re ready to roll up your sleeves and help build the infrastructure that powers responsible trade in Africa and beyond, we’d love to hear from you.
Our Process:
- Prescreening with the Talent team
- Interviews and Case Assessments with the Hiring team.
- Follow up interviews with Sabi Leadership team.
- Hiring Decision
Benefits
- Rapid Career Growth
- Annual Training Budget
- Robust Health Coverage
- Paid Time Off
- Fully-funded Team Bonding Activities
