Job Specifications
- Business graduates, with the following subject specializations are encouraged to apply, business management or marketing, computing, with relevant work experience of 1- 3 years in sales.
- The ability and desire to sell.
- Excellent communication skills in English – this will be tested at the interview (complete fluency required – both written and spoken, this is an absolute must)
- A positive, confident and determined approach.
- Resilience and the ability to cope with rejection.
- A high degree of self-motivation and ambition.
- The skills to work both independently and as part of a team.
- Big picture orientation with superior attention to accuracy and detail.
- The capability to flourish in a competitive environment.
Job Description
- Maintaining and developing relationships with existing customers in person and via telephone calls and emails.
- Acting as a contact between a company and its existing and potential markets.
- Negotiating the terms of an agreement and closing sales.
- Gathering market and customer information.
- Representing the company at trade exhibitions, events and demonstrations.
- Contribute to creating and enriching an in-house terminology database.
- Negotiating on price, costs, delivery and specifications with buyers and managers.
- Challenging any objections with a view to getting the customer to buy.
- Advising on forthcoming product developments and discussing special promotions.
- Creating detailed proposal documents, often as part of a formal bidding process which is largely dictated by the prospective customer.
- Liaising with clients and providing project updates. Manage client expectations by resolving any potential conflicts
- Recording sales, calls and order information in CRM system
- Reviewing your own sales performance aiming to meet or exceed targets.
- Gaining a clear understanding of customers’ businesses and requirements.
- Making accurate, rapid cost calculations and providing customers with quotations.
- Feeding future buying trends back to employers.