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The holder of this position must fulfil his obligations in such a way that: All tasks in his position are completed in a correct, timely, rapid and cost-efficient manner; All steps are taken in order to achieve the prescribed sales-goals in regards to market-penetration, turnover and profit; The cost-budget, as well as the given operational and scheduled tasks are adhered to; The loyalty to the customer is maintained; All promises made to the customer by the operational department can be kept, and that the customer service department is uniformly working at capacity; A functional pool of mediators is created, which supports sales in the sales-area; The Country Manager is constantly informed about the development of turnover, of the customer base, as well as unusual occurrences in his area of responsibility; The image and the name-recognition of the corporation is strengthened in the region, and that the corporation acquires new customers; His/her area is comprised of adequately qualified and motivated co-workers; The holder of this position must care for potential customers in such a way that: Prospective customers become customers; Our service remains a topic of interest for contacts and potential customers; The holder of this position must coordinate the cooperation between his area of work with all other areas of the corporation in such a manner that the flow of information is always free of friction, unimpeded, and a holistically positive coordination is assured.
Job Responsibility:
Researches potential customers and qualified contacts on his own accord
Generates the first contact with potential customers and contacts
Plans his customer visits and creates a route-plan
Builds up his customer base and cares for it
Visits his customers as well as potentials and carries out sales-conversations with the goal of obtaining jobs
Carries out presentations with customers
Follows-up on potential contacts / trade-fair contacts
Furthers the development of sales strategies for his sales-area
Performs market-analyses and forwards the results to the National Business Development Manager
Keeps on eye on the competition and forwards his observations to the National Business Development Manager
Decides – in concert with management – about giving special discounts or tariffs to customers
Accepts queries from customers and writes offers with the support of Operations / Customer Service
Writes visit-reports and forwards these immediately to the National Business Development Manager
Draws-up his travel-expense-report and forwards it immediately to the responsible party
Maintains sales-statistics and forwards these to the National Business Development Manager
Attends sales-meetings and manager review meeting as well as training and schooling
Advises the National Business Development Manager during the visitation of regional trade-fairs
Represents the corporation at trade-fairs and conventions
Constantly informs himself regarding the newest developments in the market and new products or services of the own company as well as of the competition
Informs the National Business Development Manager on the effect of and resonance to advertising and marketing actions, advertising by the competition, suggestions/advice on changes/complaints by the customers, presentation of the company’s service to customers, and current offers and their chances of success
Requirements:
Ability to collaborate and interact effectively with colleagues
Excellent interpersonal skills
2 years+ working experience in Sales
Fluency in local language and adequate English skills