Job Description
Sales officers should be confident, energetic, organized and resilient. They need to possess strong written and verbal communication skills, and be experts in customer service. Sales officers should also own at least a basic understanding of math, as they often deal with prices, deals and commission.
Job Specification
The pressure will be on to meet your targets, so expect busy days with a full to-do list. As a sales officers, you will need to:
- Visit potential customers for new business
- Provide customers with quotations
- Negotiate the terms of an agreement and close sales
- Gather market and customer information and provide feedback on buying trends
- Represent your organisation at trade exhibitions, events and demonstrations
- Identify new markets and business opportunities
- Record sales and send copies to the sales office
- Review your own sales performance