Sales and Market Specialist

Proten International - Our client in the Creative Art industry is currently recruiting suitably qualified candidates to fill the position below:

Job Position: Sales and Market Specialist
Job Location: Lagos

Job Objective

• Our client is in need of Sales and Marketing Specialist with a primary responsibility of performing sales activities and soliciting for new customers
• The candidate will work closely with employees in other functions, such as advertising, market research, production, sales and distribution
• So a candidate with good interpersonal and team working skill is required.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

• Prospect for new opportunities and identify new profitable customers for the company products
• Generate sales leads/opportunities that can be converted to sales and follow up
• Generate demand by pro-actively reaching potential customers to make them aware of the company’s products
• Compiling and distributing financial and statistical information such as budget spread-sheets
• Analysing questionnaires
• Prepare and submit weekly/ monthly reports on the sales activities to supervisor
• Assist in the preparation of company brochures and similar documents.
• Organising and hosting presentations and customer visits.
• Assisting with promotional activities.
• Visiting customers/external agencies.
• Conduct research to obtain and analyse data on customer demographics, preferences, needs and buying habits to identify potential markets and factors affecting product demand
• Provide market feedback, competitor & industry insight to supervisor

Qualifications/Requirements

• B.Sc. or HND preferably in Marketing or any related discipline from a reputable university
• Minimum of 3-5 years experience in pure sales and marketing, preferably in the creative art space
• Proficient use of Microsoft suite
• Ability to persuade is important
• Passionate about sales and must be able to demonstrate the ability to achieve sales plan
• Must have exceptional negotiating skill
• Demonstrate strong oral and written communication skills.