Sites Sales Executive

Title: Sites Sales Executive

Supervisor/ ManagerTitle: Sites & Corporate Sales Supervisor

Department: Sales

Grade:

Direct reports: None

Location: Namanve

Job Summary

Reporting to the Sites & Corporate Sales Supervisor, the jobholder will meet and surpass business expectations and contribute to the Company’s rapid and sustainable growth through discovering and pursuing new sales projects, negotiating deals and maintaining customer satisfaction.

Roles and responsibilities

• Sell the Kansai Plascon brand products to sites customers in the construction industry and other customers.

• Conduct continuous market surveys and relay such information to Management regarding competitors and customer opinions.

• Receive orders from customers and submit them for invoicing.

• Attend to customers, offer technical details of the paint, give quotations and subsequently close those deals.

• Generate new business deals and accounts.

• Liaise with the internal sales and stores teams to ensure that invoiced orders are dispatched and delivered to the client.

• Follow up on payments from customers by collecting cheques or Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) copies as it is against the company policy for sales executives to collect cash from customers.

• Maintain a relationship with customers for stock replenishing.

• Manage client relationships while maintaining credit limits as per policy.

• Issue account statements to keep customers updated on account status.

• Generate feedback on product performance for research and development.

• Review sales targets and achievements made regularly.

• Prepare periodic progress reports and accountabilities.

• Perform any other duties assigned as the need may arise.

Occasional duties

• Attend exhibitions, conferences, and corporate galas on behalf of the company.

• Should be available to travel whenever required.

Academic and professional qualifications

• Bachelor of Commerce, Business Administration, Entrepreneurship or equivalent.

Work experience

• At least 2 years’ experience in sales or marketing in a busy organization preferably in the paint industry.

Additional skills

• Self-motivated energetic individual with excellent planning and negotiation skills.

• Direct, hands-on experience selling paint products at construction sites is essential.

• Ability to use product knowledge to offer appropriate advice to customers.

• Good negotiation and customer relationship building skills.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to work in a diverse team.

• Ability to work under pressure with minimum or no supervision.

• Experience in paint sales is an added advantage.

• Experience with MS packages is desirable.

How to Apply:

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