Job Description

Sales executives are the key point of contact between an organization and its clients: answering queries, offering advice and introducing new products.

Their work includes:

• Organizing sales visits
• Demonstrating and presenting products
• Establishing new business
• Maintaining accurate records
• Liaising with suppliers to check the progress of existing orders;
• Checking the quantities of goods on display and in stock;
• Recording sales and order information and sending copies to the sales office, or entering figures into a computer system;
• Attending trade exhibitions, conferences and meetings
• Reviewing sales performance
• Negotiating contracts and packages
• Aiming to achieve monthly or annual targets.
• Gathering market and customer information;
• Representing their company at trade exhibitions, events and demonstrations;
• Negotiating on price, costs, delivery and specifications with buyers and managers;
• Challenging any objections with a view to getting the customer to buy;

Required Skills or Experience

• At least one year’s experience in a similar marketing role .
• Ideally a degree or Diploma in marketing, sales is essential.
• Excellent copywriting skills and experience

Key skills for this position

• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Good teamwork skills
• Communication skills
• Good organization and planning skills
• Commercial awareness
• Numerical skills
• IT skills
• A full driving licence is often essential for jobs.
• Being able to speak more than one language fluently is also a useful skill.