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Grant Thornton Abdulaal Bahrain is hiring on behalf of one of our esteemed clients for a Business Development Coordinator role. This is an excellent opportunity to work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment supporting global business development efforts. The selected candidate will play a key administrative and coordination role within the Business Development team, supporting multiple segment leads. Fluency in Arabic language with native level proficiency is mandatory.

Roles and responsibilities:

• Provide administrative and workflow support to all BD segment leads.
• Maintain calendars for travel, events, and trade show participation.
• Prepare internal documentation, presentations, and reports.
• Track BD action items and prepare meeting minutes.
• Assist with the preparation of proposals, contracts, and bid templates.
• Support CRM and Event System data entry, ensuring accuracy and ISO compliance.
• Consolidate BD team reports weekly/monthly and validate data accuracy.
• Coordinate logistics for sales missions, exhibitions, and internal BD events.
• Ensure compliance with ISO processes and controlled documents.
• Serve as a point of coordination between BD and other departments (Finance, Operations, Marketing & Communications).
  
  
  

• Diploma or Bachelors degree in Business Administration, Events, Tourism, or related field.
• Fluency in Arabic with native level proficiency is mandatory. The candidate must be currently based in Bahrain.
• Minimum 2 to 3 years experience in a coordinator, administrative, or support role within business events, exhibitions, MICE, hospitality, corporate administration.
• Training in CRM, project coordination, or ISO compliance (advantage).
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and CRM tools.
• Basic understanding of exhibitions/business events.
• Professional communication and report writing.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and discretion.
• Team-oriented, reliable, and culturally sensitive.
  
  
  

• Operational Discipline & Accuracy: Strong organisational, reporting, and compliance skills.
• Customer Orientation (Internal): Focused on supporting BD segment leads efficiently and consistently.
• Collaboration & Teamwork: Works seamlessly across departments and within BD team.
• Attention to Detail: Ensures high-quality documentation, reports, and CRM data.
• Time Management: Manages multiple tasks and deadlines effectively.
  

Grant Thornton Abdulaal Bahrain is hiring on behalf of a highly respected client in Bahrain, offering a unique opportunity to lead business development efforts in the exhibitions and international events sector. This role is ideal for a dynamic professional with a strong understanding of global event trends, sales strategy, and stakeholder engagement. Fluency in Arabic language with native level proficiency is mandatory.

The successful candidate will be responsible for driving the full sales cycle, from prospecting to post-event evaluation, and will play a key role in attracting international exhibitions to Bahrain. This position offers the chance to work closely with high-level stakeholders, represent Bahrain at global events, and contribute to the growth of the country's events industry in alignment with national strategic priorities.

Roles and responsibilities:

• Lead the end-to-end sales cycle for attracting first-time exhibitions and international events.
• Deliver on KPIs: revenue, sqm occupancy, conversion rate, event days, visitor impact.
• Map and analyse global business event trends and align with Bahrain's priority sectors.
• Build strategic pipelines of organizers and events.
• Coordinate with EDB, BTEA, Chamber, Customs, Immigration, etc. to remove market-entry barriers.
• Provide leadership in preparing high-quality proposals, negotiations, and contracts.
• Manage client relations from prospecting to post-event evaluation.
• Lead site inspections with international organisers.
• Ensure CRM usage, compliance, and accurate reporting.
• Represent EWB at international exhibitions and sales missions.
• Support the Director of BD in planning, reporting, and capability building.
  
  
  

• Bachelors degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Sales, or related field.
• Professional certification in sales/ BD/ exhibitions (Will be an added advantage).
• Fluency in Arabic with native level proficiency is mandatory. The candidate must be currently based in Bahrain.
• Minimum 3 to 5 years of experience in sales, business development, or exhibitions (With proven track record of securing international exhibitions and events).
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and presentation skills.
• Proven ability to secure international exhibitions.
• Strong pipeline development and lead conversion experience.
• Time management, planning, and multitasking.
• Proficiency in MS Office and CRM tools (e.g. Salesforce).
• Ability to mentor and collaborate with support staff.
  
  
  

• Customer & Market Orientation: Strong exhibition and business events sales experience, global organiser engagement.
• Strategic & Commercial Acumen: Ability to build ROI-driven business cases, sector-focused strategies.
• Innovation & Agility: Ability to adapt to shifting market trends, design creative proposals.
• Operational Excellence & Accountability: Strong execution, CRM discipline, ISO compliance.
• Stakeholder Influence & Collaboration: Skilled at engaging government/industry stakeholders.
  

Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is very widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office-based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution.

The company is founder-led, profitable, and growing.

Canonical is a remote-first global company that publishes Ubuntu and open-source enterprise solutions for cloud, developer, IoT and AI. Ubuntu is the fastest growing Linux distribution and ranks as the number #1 OS in the cloud.

In partnership with Google, Amazon, IBM and Microsoft, Canonical helps companies become more agile, productive and adopt new technologies faster. Examples of customer success include AI, Blockchain, IoT, Advanced Robotics and self-driving cars, where Ubuntu is the preferred development platform.

The role of a Business Development Representative at Canonical

Canonical is profitable and growing. We consider our sales development organization to be the best technology sales academy in the market, and as such, we select exceptional and ambitious candidates to join our team. You will enjoy this role if you are organized, persistent, charismatic and hard-working. You will need to be interested in tech and its business implications. In this role, you will collaborate with a regional sales and marketing team, and your primary objective will be to find customer projects that fit our product lines and spread the good name of Canonical across multiple different industries and geographies.

Click HERE to watch our SDR team discuss their role in Canonical

The role entails

• Execute outbound sales & marketing campaigns
• Research information about prospective customers and market trends
• Generate high-quality leads for Senior Sellers to fuel a multi-million dollar pipeline
• Own and close SMB opportunities within your designated territory
• Collaborate across multiple teams and senior stakeholders to drive results
• Help define the processes and policies for the team
• Travel to events and conferences worldwide, presenting on booths and driving face-to-face marketing and sales opportunities
  
  

• Demonstrated success in SDR or outbound sales, with a track record of exceeding annual quotas and consistently driving qualified pipeline growth
• Experience navigating prospective accounts from and into a senior executive level to identify new customer opportunities
• Experience in enterprise software or technology sales
• Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
• Passion for business and technology
• Commitment to continuous learning and improvement - curious, flexible, scientific
• Creative problem solving and cross team collaboration
• Professional written and spoken English with excellent presentation skills
• Verbal and written communication and negotiation skills
• Result driven with an over-achiever spirit
• Persistence & perseverance
• Growth mindset - people from our team develop into all departments within the sales organization (Channel, IoT, Enterprise Sales, etc)
• Ability to travel internationally twice a year for company events up to two weeks long
  
  

• Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
• Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
• Annual compensation review
• Recognition rewards
• Annual holiday leave
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Team Member Assistance Program & Wellness Platform
• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
• Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long-haul company events
  
  

We’re Hiring! Business Development Executive – Recruitment Industry | GCC

Are you a dynamic and results-driven Business Development Executive with experience in the GCC recruitment industry ? Do you have a passion for building strong client relationships, driving sales, and expanding business opportunities ? If yes, we want to hear from you!

Role: Business Development Executive – Recruitment Services
Location: Bahrain
Industry: Recruitment & Talent Acquisition

Identify and develop new business opportunities within the GCC market.
Build and maintain relationships with clients, HR leaders, and decision-makers .
Drive sales growth by promoting recruitment solutions tailored to client needs.
Negotiate and close deals while ensuring long-term partnerships .
Stay updated on market trends, competitor activities, and hiring needs across industries.

2+ years of experience in business development within the recruitment industry in the GCC .
Strong networking, negotiation, and sales skills .
Proven ability to achieve sales targets and revenue growth .
Knowledge of recruitment trends, hiring practices, and industry demands .
Excellent communication and client management skills .

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We’re hiring a Business Development Manager for a fast-growing logistics and supply chain company. This role will focus on winning new clients, managing key accounts, and closing large commercial deals across the GCC.

Responsibilities:

• Drive lead generation and convert to business wins
• Present tailored logistics solutions to clients
• Build long-term relationships
• Analyze financial and operational data for proposals

Requirements:

• Strong B2B sales background in logistics/freight
• Confident in cold outreach and CRM systems (HubSpot)
• Proven record in closing high-value contracts
• Fluent in English (Arabic a plus)

This is a confidential search conducted by JOH Partners . Interested candidates should apply directly to our team for a confidential discussion.

• Acquire new clients – Make cold calls on potential clients or follow up leads; Ascertain their requirements; Collect proposals and other underwriting information; Arrange for quotations from insurance companies; Submit and Present quotations to clients; Obtain acceptance from clients and arrange immediate confirmation from insurance companies; Follow up to obtain policy documents from insurance companies; Arrange delivery of completed documents and collect payment if not already collected; Accept full responsibility for collections and ensure no default occurs.
• If quotation is unsuccessful, ascertain reasons and diarize for another attempt later or at next renewal;
• Policy Renewals – Ensure timely and successful renewal of existing policies;
• Client Retention and servicing of existing FIS clients allocated to him/her;
• Assist clients with their claims, if required;
• Contact client’s weekly/monthly to fulfill their other insurance needs;
• Obtain and transmit feedback from clients and market information to General Manager;
• Improve insurance knowledge by reading and discussion so as to provide better service to clients;
• Participate fully in all team and company activities;
• Any other task or function required or assigned by the management/directors.

Minimum Qualifications and Experience:

• Minimum Bachelor’s Degree in any branch
• Minimum 3-5 years of industry experience with insurance companies and/or brokers
• Proven presentation and proposal skills
• Strong Technical Skills in insurance products.
• A proactive approach to market research and client engagement.
• Excellent negotiation skills to close deals successfully.
• Interpersonal and customer-facing skills
• Ability to build strong business relations
• Familiarity with business software such as Microsoft Office, Excel, PowerPoint. CRM knowledge is a plus
• Self-motivated with the Initiative to self-learn and develop in a growing company

Licensed & Regulated by Central Bank of Bahrain as Insurance & Reinsurance Broker.

Job ID: 162648
Department: Commercial / Business Development
Venue: Exhibition World Bahrain

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ASM Global teams across the world are innate problem solvers and people who thrive on the excitement of developing events that create opportunity and connection. We are meticulous planners, innovative thinkers, relationship specialists and acutely experienced business leaders who love what they do.

At ASM Global, we love events; it's what we do. It's a part of our DNA and what drives us.

This role will involve conducting market research to stay updated on industry trends and assist in improving or upgrading the existing EWB services.

ABOUT YOU

Every day our people are responsible for delivering extraordinary experiences for every guest who walks through our doors.

You will have a shared values and people-centric mindset and genuinely want to make a difference. That's what makes you stand out from the crowd and why we want to meet with you.

You will be a dynamic and results-driven Business Development Executive to identify new business opportunities, build client relationships, and drive growth.

ABOUT THE VENUE

Inaugurated in November 2022 and owned by the Bahrain Tourism and Exhibitions Authority (BTEA), Exhibition World Bahrain (EWB) is the World’s Leading New Exhibition and Convention for 2023, the Middle East's Leading Large-Scale Wedding Venue 2024 and the newest MICE venue in the Middle East. The venue offers a wide range and variety of leasable spaces for all types of events of all sizes, from large conventions and exhibitions to conferences and meetings, live entertainment performances, large weddings, galas, celebrations, corporate functions and more.

In addition to 10 large Exhibition Halls, EWB’s Convention Centre features a Grand Hall and an adjacent Meeting Hub of 19 meeting rooms of varying sizes. Its extensive capacity enables it to host several events and exhibitions simultaneously.

New Exhibition World Bahrain will be the largest venue of its kind in the Middle East, offering 95,000 sqm of exhibition space over 10 halls, a 4,000-seat tiered auditorium, 95 meeting rooms, Royal & VIP Majlis, supported by event organisers' offices and a 250-seat capacity restaurant.

ABOUT THE COMPANY

ASM Global is the world's leading producer of entertainment experiences. It is the global leader in venue and event strategy and management - delivering locally tailored solutions and cutting-edge technologies to maximise the guest experience. The company's elite venue network spans five continents, with a portfolio of more than 350 of the world's most prestigious arenas, stadiums, performing arts venues, and convention and exhibition centres, including Exhibition World Bahrain; Moscone Center San Francisco; ICC Sydney Australia; Olympia London; Coca-Cola Arena, Dubai; RAC Arena, Perth, Australia; Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns, Australia; and Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, Brisbane, Australia.

ASM Global has always had a bold vision to be a true employer of choice, a great place to work, and a company that provides long term careers and development opportunities.

Working in the venue and event industry means supporting the delivery of events across our event calendar. This means that weekend, evening, and public holiday work will be required.

We have lodged this role on our own site as we are managing this project directly. No recruitment agencies please.

BS in Communications, Marketing, Business, New Media, or Public Relations

The Business Development Executive is responsible for overseeing the process of business development within the company to promote its Products & services. This includes working closely with other company executives and management team, meeting with potential business partners and maintaining existing client relationships and monitoring market trends.

• Must have a solid experience working in creative agencies/advertising agencies/printing presses/designing firms.
• Must have high business development, customer service, communication skills.
• Must have a BS in Communications, Marketing, Business, New Media, or Public Relations.
• Must speak both Arabic & English languages

• Attracting new clients by innovating and overseeing the sales process for the business and identifying and researching opportunities that come up in new and existing markets.
• Communicating with clients to understand their needs and offering solutions to their problems and developing customized proposals, strategies, and presentations to satisfy the clients’ specific business needs.
• Creating positive, long-lasting relationships with current and potential clients and ensuring excellent customer service through regular client follow up and developing trusted relationship with key decision makers.
• Owning the sales lifecycle from prospecting to implementation and managing virtual and in-person sales meetings, and to coordinate with the managers of the Studio/New Media/Production to receive the completed tasks/jobs/projects and submit to the clients and to follow-up with the clients to get feedback and modifications if required, until projects completion.
• To insure all the information of the projects of the clients are kept in a systematic manner and updated frequently and coordinated properly with the concerned parties.

Bachelor of Business Administration (Management)

Nationality: Any Nationality

Vacancy: 1 Vacancy

ABOUT THE ROLE
ASM Global teams across the world are innate problem solvers and people who thrive on the excitement of developing events that create opportunity and connection. We are meticulous planners, innovative thinkers, relationship specialists, and acutely experienced business leaders who love what they do.
At ASM Global, we love events; it's what we do. It's a part of our DNA and what drives us.
This role will involve conducting market research to stay updated on industry trends and assist in improving or upgrading the existing EWB services.

ABOUT YOU
Every day our people are responsible for delivering extraordinary experiences for every guest who walks through our doors.
You will have a shared values and people-centric mindset and genuinely want to make a difference. That's what makes you stand out from the crowd and why we want to meet with you.
You will be a dynamic and results-driven Business Development Executive to identify new business opportunities, build client relationships, and drive growth.

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