Sales Coordinator

FlexEdge Limited - Our client, a reputable Optometric company, is recruiting suitable, qualified and well experienced candidates, to fill the position below:

Job Title: Sales Coordinator
Location: Lagos
Reporting to: General Manager
Job Objective

• Achieving growth and hitting sales targets by successfully managing the sales team and designing and implementing a strategic business plan that expands company’s customer base and ensure its strong presence.

Professional Requirements: 

• First Degree in Social Science or related discipline. Degree in Accounting will be an added advantage
• Minimum of 8 years working experience as a Sales supervisor or managerial role
• Proven experience as a sales person in an optical company will be added advantage

Job Responsibilities

• Conceiving and developing efficient and intuitive marketing strategies
• Increasing business opportunities through various routes to market
• Actively seeking out new sales leads and converting them to customers.
• Build and promote strong, long-lasting customer relationships by partnering with customers and understanding their needs
• Developing sales strategies and setting targets
• Monitoring your team's performance and motivating them to reach target
• Maintaining fruitful relationships with existing customers
• Conducting market research to identify and evaluate customer needs
• Developing quotes and proposals
• Prepare and deliver appropriate presentations on products and services
• Create frequent reviews and reports with sales and financial data
• Negotiate/close deals and handle complaints or objections
• Conducting market research and analysis to evaluate trends, selling possibilities and competition ventures
• Recruiting and training sales staff
• Setting sales targets for individual reps and your team as a whole
• Allocating areas to sales representatives
• Collaborate with team to achieve better results
• Cordination and management of regional sales representatives, sales/marketing, Business development staff and subdistributors.

Skills / Competence Requirements

• Proficiency in English
• Excellent knowledge of MS Word, Power point and excel
• Experience in Optical distribution/ experience working in an Eye clinic as a dispenser
• Basic computer and reporting skills
• Self-motivated with a results-driven approach
• Very good spoken and written communication
• Thorough understanding of marketing and negotiating techniques
• Amiable personality, smart, intelligent with eyes for details