Position Title:         Sales (Team Lead)

Department:           Business Development, Strategy and Sales

Reports to:              Assistant Manager Business Development 

JOB DESCRIPTION

The primary role of this office shall be to Identify and explore business opportunities by identifying prospects and evaluating their position in the industry; researching and analyzing sales options. ... Identifying product improvements or new products by remaining current on industry trends, market activities, and competitors  

1. Sales

   •       Understand the company’s market and channel all sales efforts to a streamlined audience

•       Understand the company’s core strengths and help introduce the company to new markets

•       Generating sales for the broad stream of the company’s business offerings

•       Exceed minimum sales targets as shall continually be specified by management

2. Strategy

•       Supervise the relationships between the company and your clients; ensuring that the company is performing the duties defined by the Service level agreement and the client is meeting up to its obligations, especially regarding timely payments

•       Help establish relationships with new clients with the aim of expanding our business footprint and increasing profits

•       Help develop some of the company’s latent potentials into thriving businesses

•       Provide strategic support in the company’s expansion plans into new markets

•       Broker relationships with suppliers, vendors and technical partners for the smooth running of all aspects of the company’s business

3. PR

•       Explore all avenues for bolstering the company’s image as a responsible, international brand

•       Participate in any necessary rebranding endeavors in the organization

•       Assist with managing the Websites and brochures of the organization

•       Represent the company in mediation and reconciliation 

•       Anchor the damage management endeavors of the company 

•       Recruit and engage the people you need for your team  

Qualifications:

·         BSc, BA or any equivalent

·         A minimum of a credit in five subjects in an o-level examination

·         A minimum of 3 years’ experience in sales or customer service

·         Adept experience in the use of Microsoft office suite including MS Word, MS Excel and MS Power point

·         Excellent command of the English language in both written and oral forms

·         Passable math skills

·         Excellent interpersonal skills

·         Excellent emotional intelligence

·         Ability to identify and meet customers’ needs and requirements

·         Strong attention to details, possessing a sales aptitude and interested in preventing errors and solving problems.

·         Passable knowledge of the workings of modern automobiles

·         Passable knowledge of automobile repair service industry practices

·         Demonstrated excellence in organization and time management skills

·         Ability to effectively multitask

·         Ability to achieve deliverables under pressure

·         Exceptional telephone skills

·         Positive and upbeat attitude

·         Ability to move freely throughout the premises to gather information, materials and authorizations

·         Above average knowledge and experience in the following Microsoft Office applications: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access

·         Must have a demonstrated record of success in playing a key role in a fast growing, entrepreneurial driven organization composed of very bright, energetic and results oriented individuals.

·         Verified experience in working within a subsidiary company arrangement (or multi-company) and/or inter-company shared services format.  

Special Skills

·         Ability to work and communicate effectively with employees and management team to proactively meet and exceed the needs of the administrative office staff and professionals Business English, spelling, grammar and punctuation required to produce analytical and technical reports in appropriate format

·         Knowledge of business law regarding contracts and sales agreements to prepare agreements between the Department and other agencies for loan or sale of equipment Public information laws regarding the dissemination of information to the public

·         Crisis management techniques required to effectively manage emergency situations

·         Contribute innovation to the creation of policies and procedures that facilitate best practice management applications.

·         Able to coordinate several activities at once, quickly analyse and resolve specific problems, and cope with deadlines effectively.

·         Monitor and facilitate office environment morale; be a senior member of the management team.

·         Observes safety procedures and reports potentially unsafe conditions

·         Adapt to changes in the work environment and manages competing demands 

·         Obtain and analyse facts and precedents in making administrative decisions

·         Solve problems and make decisions

·         Instruct, direct, and evaluate employees

·         Team concepts (e.g., team building, leadership, participation and group problem solving techniques).

·         Plan, direct, and coordinate program and administrative activities of a complex, interrelated and

·         Interdependent nature, where unknowns and numerous contingency factors are involved

·         Maintain favourable public relations

·         Formulate policies and procedures based on information of a conceptual nature from varied and complex sources 

·         Direct and manage a professional, multi-disciplined staff

·         Accurately interpret Department policies and procedures to provide and clarify information Ability to establish and maintain effect relationships with government officials, private industry officials, professional personnel, and others

·         Knowledge of official planning and management

·         Independently perform detailed administrative assignments of a difficult nature with a high degree of accuracy

·         Experience in the technical aspects of writing contracts, bids and proposals required to prepare documents accurately. 

·         Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of assignment

·         Good judgment in safeguarding confidential or sensitive information

·         Read, comprehend, and interpret complex written materials

·         Speak before groups to provide information or explain policies, procedures and programs. 

·         Work within stringent deadlines to complete assignments within a restricted time period

·         Knowledge of labour relations and equal employment opportunity policies and procedures Knowledge of the principles and techniques of administrative management including organization,

·         Planning, staffing, training, budgeting, and reporting

·         Knowledge of the principles and techniques of financial management

·         Monitor trends, forecast change, identify future agency needs and initiate change to ensure effective long-range planning

·         Negotiate contract terms and conditions to achieve desired Department goals and objectives

·         Knowledge of training and supervisory techniques

·         Knowledge of employee policies and procedures

·         Knowledge of the principles of office management including organization, work flow, forms, supplies, equipment, and procedures relating to filing, record keeping, correspondence, mail, procurement, stock keeping, and duplicating.

·         Knowledge of methods of research and analysis, work standards, and work simplification.

Working Conditions

·         Must generate minimum revenue of N10, 000, 000/month

·         Standing and/or sitting for prolonged periods of time - up to 8 hours or more per day. Appearance at all times must be attractive and powerful

·         Travelling

·         Ability to operate in areas of moderate to loud noise level

·         Exposure to printer ink and paper dust

·         Fast-paced environment: subject to numerous schedule and priority changes and short notice activity.

·         Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and color vision.

Interested and Qualified candidate should send CV to recruit@gidijobs.com