Our client, security providing outfit in lagos is currently in need of a marketing officer, preferably female for Gender balance.
The ideal candidate will be responsible for:
- Opening new sales through, prospecting, follow-up on prospects and penchant for contracts generation
- Adopting strategies to ensure that personal and group targets are met
- Gaining a clear understanding of potential customers’ businesses and offering appropriate value propositions that will address their security challenges
- Prospecting for new sales through preparation of proposals, follow-up calls and submission of business letters, emails to Prospects
- Developing relationships with prospects through periodic visit, telephone calls and e-mailing
- Booking appointments, arranging for Meetings/Presentations/Products Demos with Prospects through available communication channels
- Reviewing internal sales performance and reporting on daily, weekly and monthly basis with the aim of meeting or exceed targets
- Making accurate and rapid cost/price calculations, preparing and dispatching Proforma invoices or quotations to prospects on demand
- Attend marketing team meetings, share field knowledge, experience and industry best practices with colleagues
- Attending trade exhibitions, fair, promotions with the objective of prospecting in order to meet and exceed sales targets
- Creating detailed proposal documents as part of formal sales and contract bidding process
- Cold calling to arrange meetings with potential customers to prospect for new business and negotiating the terms of an agreement and closing sales
- Challenging any objections with a view to getting the potential customer to buy.
REQUIREMENTS
- Min of 2 year cognate in sales position with a security company or other related in service industry
- Education: Min. of a degree (HND/B.Sc) Bus/Admin, Econs, Marketing or related courses
- Excellent communication skills with MS Office capability
- Must be target driven, a goal-getter with the spirit and ability to sell aggressively
- Ambience, good interpersonal skills with corporate culture
- Friendly, detailed, dependable and outward personality
- Resilience and the ability to cope with rejection
- The skills to work both independently and as part of a team
- Capability to flourish in a competitive environment
Applications can be sent to resume@HRLeverageafrica.com
Closing date: June 18th 2021