Area Sales Manager
The Area Sales Manager maintains and grows existing business and relationships in the assigned region. They track, record, and monitor sales teams, make sales and secure new clients, travel regionally to meet teams, and plan new goals. They work with Regional sales managers and fulfil duties assigned by them.
The Area Sales Manager will be responsible for planning and implementing meetings with possible clients and achieving their target sales goals.
Task & Activities
- Organizing and making sales visits
- Achieving sales targets assigned
- Learning all about the products/services assigned to them
- Presenting products/services with technical competence
- Establishing new customers
- Maintaining accurate records and reports of visits
- Identifying and closing rate contracts
- Complete sales cycle starting from generating an inquiry to receiving payments
- Managing, training, and providing overall guidance to the sales team of an assigned territory.
- Setting reasonable sales targets to be achieved by the sales team.
- Monitoring the performance of the sales team and motivating members to meet or exceed sales targets.
- Collecting customer feedback and providing updates to senior management.
- Traveling to potential and existing customers within an assigned sales area to present company offerings and build brand awareness.
- Utilizing outbound telephone calls, email communications, and face-to-face meetings with customers to close sales.
- Developing and sustaining long‑term relationships with customers.
- Implementing a sales management process to assist the sales team in identifying and prioritizing key customers and prospects.
- Knowledge of Instruments, Genomics product & market is a must.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s / Master’s Degree in Biotechnology / Life Science or Similar Field
Experience
- 5‑8 years of relevant industry experience
Seniority level
Mid‑Senior level
Employment type
Full‑time
Job function
Sales and Business Development