{"id":107329,"date":"2026-08-12T06:32:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T06:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/uncategorized\/business-development-executive-nairobi-kenya\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T06:32:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T06:32:31","slug":"business-development-executive-nairobi-kenya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/jobs\/nairobi\/business-development-executive-nairobi-kenya\/","title":{"rendered":"Business Development Executive \u2013 Nairobi, Kenya"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\/\", \"@type\": \"JobPosting\", \"title\": \"Business Development Executive \u2013 Nairobi, Kenya\", \"description\": \"Our client, a logistics and supply chain solutions company operating across Kenya and East Africa, is looking for a\\nBusiness Development Executive\\nto grow its customer base and revenue across freight forwarding, customs clearance, transportation, warehousing, and third-party logistics 3PL services.\\nKey Responsibilities\\nDevelop and execute business development plans to achieve sales, revenue, and gross profit targets.\\nIdentify, pursue, and acquire new customers across freight forwarding, customs clearance, transportation, warehousing, and 3PL services.\\nBuild and maintain relationships with importers, exporters, manufacturers, NGOs, retailers, and other key decision-makers across East Africa.\\nPrepare proposals, quotations, and commercial presentations, negotiate terms, and close new business opportunities.\\nMaintain an active sales pipeline, track opportunities through CRM systems, and provide regular sales forecasts and performance updates.\\nWork closely with Operations, Customer Service, and Finance teams to ensure smooth onboarding, service delivery, and retention of customers.\\nMonitor market trends, competitor activity, and business opportunities across East Africa while representing the company at relevant industry and networking events.\\nKey Qualifications\\nMinimum of 5 years\u2019 recent experience in business development or sales within an international freight forwarding, logistics, or 3PL company.\\nExperience selling international freight forwarding, customs clearance, transportation, warehousing, and integrated logistics solutions.\\nExperience handling international freight across air, sea, and road.\\nKnowledge of the logistics market across Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, and Rwanda.\\nAn existing network of customers and decision-makers within the East African logistics and supply chain industry.\\nProven track record of achieving sales, revenue, and gross profit targets.\\nWillingness to travel within East Africa.\\nDeadline for applications:\\n31\/08\/2026\", \"datePosted\": \"2026-08-10\", \"hiringOrganization\": {\"@type\": \"Organization\", \"name\": \"Summit Recruitment and Search\"}, \"jobLocation\": {\"@type\": \"Place\", \"address\": {\"@type\": \"PostalAddress\", \"addressLocality\": \"Nairobi\", \"addressCountry\": \"KE\"}}, \"directApply\": true, \"validThrough\": \"2026-08-24T23:59:59\", \"employmentType\": \"FULL_TIME\"}<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Company:<\/strong> Summit Recruitment and Search<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location:<\/strong> Nairobi<\/p>\n<p><strong>Job Type:<\/strong> Full Time<\/p>\n<p><strong>Apply Before:<\/strong> 2026-08-24<\/p>\n<h3>Job Description<\/h3>\n<p>Our client, a logistics and supply chain solutions company operating across Kenya and East Africa, is looking for a<br \/>Business Development Executive<br \/>to grow its customer base and revenue across freight forwarding, customs clearance, transportation, warehousing, and third-party logistics 3PL services.<br \/>Key Responsibilities<br \/>Develop and execute business development plans to achieve sales, revenue, and gross profit targets.<br \/>Identify, pursue, and acquire new customers across freight forwarding, customs clearance, transportation, warehousing, and 3PL services.<br \/>Build and maintain relationships with importers, exporters, manufacturers, NGOs, retailers, and other key decision-makers across East Africa.<br \/>Prepare proposals, quotations, and commercial presentations, negotiate terms, and close new business opportunities.<br \/>Maintain an active sales pipeline, track opportunities through CRM systems, and provide regular sales forecasts and performance updates.<br \/>Work closely with Operations, Customer Service, and Finance teams to ensure smooth onboarding, service delivery, and retention of customers.<br \/>Monitor market trends, competitor activity, and business opportunities across East Africa while representing the company at relevant industry and networking events.<br \/>Key Qualifications<br \/>Minimum of 5 years\u2019 recent experience in business development or sales within an international freight forwarding, logistics, or 3PL company.<br \/>Experience selling international freight forwarding, customs clearance, transportation, warehousing, and integrated logistics solutions.<br \/>Experience handling international freight across air, sea, and road.<br \/>Knowledge of the logistics market across Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, and Rwanda.<br \/>An existing network of customers and decision-makers within the East African logistics and supply chain industry.<br \/>Proven track record of achieving sales, revenue, and gross profit targets.<br \/>Willingness to travel within East Africa.<br \/>Deadline for applications:<br \/>31\/08\/2026<\/p>\n<h3>How to Apply<\/h3>\n<p>Interested and qualified? Go to Summit Recruitment and Search on summitrecruitment-search.com to apply<br \/>Build your CV for free. Download in different templates.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myjobmag.co.ke\/apply-now\/1302670\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"display:inline-block;padding:10px 20px;background:#2271b1;color:#fff;text-decoration:none;border-radius:4px;\">Apply Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p><small>Source: MyJobMag<\/small><\/p>\n<p><!-- job-expiry: 2026-08-24 --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Company: Summit Recruitment and Search Location: Nairobi Job Type: Full Time Apply Before: 2026-08-24 Job Description Our client, a logistics and supply chain solutions company operating across Kenya and East Africa, is looking for aBusiness Development Executiveto grow its customer base and revenue across freight forwarding, customs clearance, transportation, warehousing, and third-party logistics 3PL services.Key [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1408,1409],"tags":[1425,1413,1412,1459],"class_list":["post-107329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jobs","category-nairobi","tag-full-time","tag-job-listing","tag-myjobmag","tag-summit-recruitment-and-search"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107329\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}