Job Description
Sales & Business Development Manager
CEYORA COLOMBO | PREMIUM WOMEN’S FASHION
Location: 78A 1/1, Fife Road, Colombo 05
Employment: Full-Time | 100% On-Site Role
Ceyora Colombo is looking for an experienced, commercially driven Sales & Business Development Manager to lead showroom sales, develop new business opportunities, build strategic partnerships, understand changing customer needs, and contribute directly to the growth of our premium women’s fashion brand.
This is a 100% on-site and field-focused position based at our Colombo 05 showroom. The successful candidate will also attend external meetings, visit potential corporate and tourism partners, and actively develop new business across Colombo.
Key Responsibilities
- Take ownership of showroom sales and consistently achieve or exceed monthly sales targets.
- Develop and execute strategies to increase showroom traffic, conversion rates, average transaction value, and repeat purchases.
- Actively identify and generate new business rather than relying solely on walk-in customers.
- Build relationships with corporate offices, banks, IT companies, insurance companies, hospitals, universities, government institutions, professional organizations, and other businesses.
- Meet HR, Administration, Marketing, Procurement, and Management teams to establish employee privilege programs, corporate offers, office pop-up sales, styling events, and long-term partnerships.
- Develop partnerships with hotels, tour operators, tourist bus and transportation companies, travel companies, chauffeurs, concierge teams, and other tourism partners to attract international customers to the showroom.
- Identify new sales channels, strategic partnerships, referral programs, VIP programs, and customer acquisition opportunities.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with existing customers and implement strategies to improve retention and repeat sales.
- Manage VIP customers, private shopping appointments, personal styling services, loyalty programs, and customer follow-ups.
- Work closely with the marketing team to develop campaigns that generate showroom traffic and convert social media and WhatsApp inquiries into sales.
- Organize corporate shopping events, styling sessions, collection launches, VIP evenings, office pop-ups, and other sales-focused activities.
- Research Sri Lankan and international fashion trends, competitor collections, pricing, promotions, customer behaviour, and changing market demand.
- Identify what customers are looking for, including preferred designs, colours, fabrics, fits, sizes, price points, and emerging fashion trends.
- Analyse best-selling and slow-moving products and identify opportunities to improve sales and inventory performance.
- Collect and communicate customer feedback to the Ceyora Colombo design team.
- Work closely with Ceyora designers to recommend future designs, collections, colours, fabrics, sizing, and product improvements based on actual customer demand and market trends.
- Prepare regular sales, customer, competitor, and market insight reports for management.
- Continuously develop creative and commercially viable strategies to expand Ceyora Colombo’s customer base, revenue, and market presence.
Requirements
- Minimum 5 years of proven Sales and Business Development experience at a managerial level is required.
- Previous experience managing sales targets, developing new business, and building commercial partnerships.
- Proven track record of achieving and exceeding revenue and sales targets.
- Strong corporate networking, prospecting, relationship-building, presentation, and negotiation abilities.
- Ability to independently identify potential clients, approach decision-makers, and convert opportunities into revenue.
- Strong understanding of customer behaviour and ability to identify changing market requirements.
- Interest and awareness in women’s fashion, styling, retail trends, and customer preferences.
- Ability to analyse sales performance and translate customer and market feedback into actionable recommendations.
- Confident representing Ceyora Colombo at corporate meetings, hotels, tourism businesses, networking opportunities, and external events.
- Self-motivated, target-driven, commercially minded, and comfortable being held accountable for measurable results.
- Fluent in English and Sinhala; Tamil would be an added advantage.
- Good computer skills, particularly Excel, reporting, presentations, and customer database management.
- Valid driving licence and ability to attend external business meetings would be an advantage.
- Must be available to work 100% on-site from the Colombo 05 location and travel locally for business development activities when required.
Performance-Based Compensation
- Attractive basic salary based on experience.
- Performance-based sales commission.
- Incentives linked to achievement and exceeding monthly sales targets.
- Additional rewards for generating new corporate and strategic partnerships.
- Business development incentives based on successfully generated revenue.
- Additional performance rewards for exceptional results.
- Higher performance creates higher earning potential.
Who We’re Looking For
We are looking for a highly driven sales leader and business developer, not simply a showroom administrator. The ideal candidate should be proactive, confident, commercially minded, and comfortable spending time both inside the showroom driving retail sales and outside the showroom creating new business opportunities.
"Where is our next customer coming from, what are customers looking for, and what can we do differently to increase Ceyora Colombo's sales?"
Apply Now
Candidates must meet the minimum 5-year managerial-level Sales & Business Development experience requirement.
Email: info@ceyoraColombo.com
WhatsApp: +1 316 925 8286
Join Ceyora Colombo and play a key role in building one of Sri Lanka's emerging premium women’s fashion brands.