Business Sales Executive Job at RusselSmith Nigeria Limited

RusselSmith Group is recruiting to the position of Business Sales Executive, is responsible for creating, assisting and building customer relationships while sponsoring interaction to obtain projects. Assist in developing and facilitating the proposal process for specific clients/sponsors including proposal writing, and customer presentations.

Job Reference Code: RS-BDD-04

Summary of Functions:

• Responsible for creating and building customer relationships while sponsoring interaction to obtain projects. Assist in developing and facilitating the proposal process for specific clients/sponsors including proposal writing, and customer presentations.
• Contact current and potential customers, visit companies to evaluate needs, and promote sale of services, new and existing company services.
• Meets assigned company sales targets through the development and implementation of sales and marketing strategies, sales programs, promotions, efforts and events including goal setting.
• Develops service awareness in the marketplace to ensure sustained profit growth of sales in the company.
• Prepares written reports of sales activities including sales orders, backlog, forecasts, lost accounts etc.; provides timely briefings to the Management as necessary or as requested.
• Perform surveys and gather information on behalf of the company.
• Manage allotted sales account(s) of both existing and potential customers.
• Establish and maintain ongoing customer relationships with the various parties to anticipate and resolve potential problems. Participate in site visits.
• Meet and exceed customers’ service expectations as outlined in the department’s policies and procedures.
• Performs work with a constant awareness of improving processes necessary for positive growth.
• Performs other office duties as required or as assigned.
• Experience Required: 3-5 years

Skills/Qualifications Required:

1. A good university first degree is required.
2. Good communication skills and the ability to work well with people are essential.
3. Experience in sales would be an added advantage
4. Good relational and interpersonal skills.
5. Good team spirit
6. Good problem solving, initiative and negotiation skills
7. Good oral and written communication skills.
8. Good presentation skills
9. Strong quantitative skills such as statistics and data analysis skills
10. Good reasoning skills; multi-tasking skills and organizational skills
11. Good analytical skills
12. Exhibits initiative, responsibility and flexibility
13. Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office Tools
14. Ability to communicate in both written and oral format with clients.
15. Good reasoning ability is important.
16. Able to understand and utilize management reports, memos and other documents to conduct business.

The application will close on 3rd July, 2013.

Interested candidate should click here to apply online. Please note that the job title and reference code are to be quoted in full in the appropriate column. Any application that does not adhere to the application guidelines on each field will be cancelled.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Multiple applications will be disqualified. The submitted CV is to be titled in the applicant's full name e.g. "THOMPSON DANIEL GEORGE".