SALES SUPERVISOR

SSDM SERVICES & TRADING PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 42,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

SSDM SERVICES & TRADING PTE. LTD. in Singapore is seeking a Sales Supervisor to lead the sales team, coordinate activities, and ensure targets are met.

You will work closely with store, general, and production managers to align customer needs with our offerings. The role requires a business degree with marketing emphasis, proven marketing and sales experience, and strong communication and leadership skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business with marketing emphasis.
• Proven marketing experience and targets achievement.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to lead and motivate a sales team.
• Proven ability to identify growth opportunities.
• Strong organizational and multi-tasking abilities.
• Willingness to work during opening hours.

Responsibilities

• Supervise the activities of the sales team including marketing activities like product activations.
• Assist the line manager to recruit, train, and retain a competent sales team.
• Provide reports to top management such as sales reports, lead generation reports, customer complaints reports, and new customers’ on-boarded reports.
• Prepare sales presentations and other sales tools.
• Assist the line managers to ensure adequate client communication, maintain contacts with clients and provide feedback.
• Initiate sales activities, strategies, and sales plans required to build brand visibility.
• Attend trade shows and represent the organization.
• Evaluate the performance of the sales team and seek ways to improve the team’s performance.
• Identify the trends in the market, both current, and future that are likely to affect the performance of the organization.
• Ensure the items are displayed correctly in the malls, supermarkets, and other sales points.

Skills

Marketing

Sales leadership

Communication skills

People management

Negotiation and closing

Growth opportunities

Organization & multi-tasking

Work under pressure

After-hours availability

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business/marketing

Job description

A Sales Supervisor plays a critical role in supporting the success of an organization. They are the leader in coordinating the day-to-day activities of the sales representatives and ensuring that they are meeting their goals. The sales supervisor must work closely with the store manager, general manager, and production manager to communicate changing customer needs. As a liaison between the organization and the customers, the production supervisor must anticipate changing customer needs and design products that meet such needs.

Sales Supervisor Job Responsibilities

• Supervise the activities of the sales team including marketing activities like product activations.
• Assist the line manager to recruit, training, enumerating, and retaining a competent sales team.
• Provide reports to top management like sales reports, lead generation reports, customer complaints reports, and new customers’ on-boarded reports.
• Prepare sales presentations and other sales tools.
• Assist the line managers to ensure adequate client communication, maintain contacts with clients and provide feedback.
• Initiate sales activities, strategies, and sales plans required to build brand visibility.
• Serve as a point of reference to employees in terms of showing great work ethic, habits, personal character, and professional character.
• Develop and maintain accurate records of prospects, leads, pricing, sales activities, and active clients.
• Controlling company marketing expenses to ensure the marketing expenditure is kept within budget.
• Attend trade shows and other marketing events and represent the organization.
• Evaluate the performance of the sales team and seek ways to improve the team’s performance.
• Identify the trends in the market, both current, and future that are likely to affect the performance of the organization.
• Ensure the items are displayed correctly in the malls, supermarkets, and other sales points.

Sales Supervisor Skills/Abilities/Knowledge

• Bachelor’s degree in a business-related course with emphasis on marketing.
• Proven work experience in marketing and achieving set targets.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal communication.
• Ability to lead and motivate a sales team, and put in place measures to retain a great team.
• Excellent selling skills, ability to close deals, and deal with post-purchase anxiety.
• Excellent selling skills, people-oriented, and ability to motivate a team.
• Ability to identify potential areas of growth and identify new business partnership opportunities.
• Strong organization skills and multi-tasking skills.
• The ability to work under pressure.
• Availability to work within opening hours (e.g. evenings, holidays, weekends).