Overview

Sales Representative

A good sales representative must have excellent verbal communication skills that enable them to connect with consumers and persuade them to purchase company products or services. They have a personable nature and genuinely care about their clients. This combination ensures clients continue to feel valued by a business and want to renew their contracts.

Further, a good sales representative understands the importance of learning about company products or services to better describe their benefits to callers. They demonstrate this by purchasing company products or services and telling callers about how they use them in their daily lives. A good sales representative also understands when to ease up on their sales tactics if a caller doesn’t seem as perceptive to a particular product or idea.

 

Responsibilities:

Be knowledgeable about the product.
Identify prospective customers, lead generation, and conversion.
Contact new and existing customers to discuss their needs.
Emphasise the features of products to highlight how they solve customer problems.
Answer questions about the products.
Negotiate prices and terms and prepare sales agreements.
Collaborate with colleagues in many different sectors.
Maintain contact lists and follow up with customers to continue relationships.
Achieve agreed-upon sales targets and outcomes within schedule.
Keep abreast of industry best practices and promotional trends.
Reach out to customer leads through cold calling.
Requirements and Skills:

Proven work experience as a sales representative
Bachelor’s degree in business or a related field
Excellent knowledge of MS Office
Excellent selling, communication, and negotiation skills
Highly motivated and target-driven with a proven track record in sales
Excellent selling, negotiation, and communication skills
Prioritising, time management, and organisational skills
Ability to create and deliver presentations tailored to the audience’s needs
Relationship management skills and openness to feedback
Must reside in Lekki