Getting the sale using various customer sales methods. Forecasting sales, developing out-of-the-box sales strategies/models, and evaluating their effectiveness. Evaluating customers' skills, needs, and building productive, long-lasting relationships.
Maintain accurate and complete customer account information.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Understanding of the marketplace relative to product offering and client base demographics.
- Searching for and capitalizing on new product opportunities, positioning, and branding for the respective product range in client stores.
- Together with respective Brand or Category managers, developing product launch programs as well as formulation of customer days or product awareness campaigns within the client portfolio.
- Liaising with Senior Management and ensuring that sales targets are met.
- Analysing current marketplace and ensuring feedback is given regarding important market and competitive information.
- Training clients on products as and when required.
- Executing sales strategies.
- Generating new leads and developing existing customers.
- Responding to customer enquiries.
- Achieving high sales targets and goals.
- Building new business relationships using existing industry contacts.
- When required, giving sales presentations to various levels of audiences.
- Managing employer’s expectations, client relationships, and providing these with excellent service and support.
- Providing feedback regarding suggestions for improvement and market research.
- Ability to deal with and respond to high volumes of emails.
- As and when required, liaising with any business partner regarding exhibitions/customers’ days etc. of any type with reference to ACDC Dynamics and attending these events or arranging these events.
- Quotation formulation and follow-up of these.
- Attending Sales Meetings and providing the necessary information/statistics etc.
- Planning as well as submission of weekly calls and reporting on weekly activities.
- Customer account maintenance.
- Attending of ad hoc training sessions.
- Saturday work will be required as per published roster.
- Find and capitalise on new product opportunities and possible turnkey projects by positioning the brand of ACDC in these customers.
- Managing employer’s expectations, client relationships with exceptional customer service and support.
- Compile accurate and precise calendar entries with a briefing on what transpired during sales calls.
KPI’s:
- Meet monthly targets set by company.
- Update CTC reports weekly.
- Call on assigned customer base with 8 constructive calls daily.
- Product introduction to clients with two samples per week. Samples need to be cycled weekly.
- Housekeeping of customer accounts inclusive of ACDC Branding.
- Rotate entire customer base within a four-week cycle.
Requirements:
- Experience and/or knowledge in an Electrical manufacturing/sales environment.
- An Electrical or similar technical qualification will be advantageous.
- 3 to 5 years in a related sales role.
- Technical product knowledge of our products will be preferable.
- Proven marketing and sales competencies and ability to analyse market and set new strategy.
- Ability to establish new markets/establish new business relationships and train clients on products.
Work Level: Skilled
Job Type: Permanent
Salary: Market Related
EE Position: No