POSITION TITLE: SALES EXECUTIVE
DEADLINE: 12th of February 2015

Job Grade/ Level
Officer

Job Objectives
To generate sales, manage client relationships and portfolios.

Supervises (Direct/ Indirect)
None

Reports to
Manager Sales and Director, Marketing & Sales

Roles and Responsibilities
Display efficiency in gathering market, competitors’ and customer information to enable negotiations regarding variations in prices, delivery and customer specifications;
Maintain and develop good relationship with customers through personal contacts or referrals etc.;
Drive the actualization of quarterly/annual revenue targets and budgets;
Identify and close out prospective accounts in new sectors (e.g. Non Pharma);
Manage client relationships through all phases of the sales cycle;
Sell the company’s products and services to potential customers in line with defined procedures (Contract signing, Order placement, Invoicing and Service Delivery);
Develop new Businesses through prospecting, qualifying, selling and closing deals especially in the non pharmaceutical sectors;
Record customer sales order information and forward to Service Delivery and Accounts for processing;
Represent the Company at events and trade meetings to market its services;
Review own performance and work at exceeding set targets;
Any other duty assigned by the unit head.

Required Skills and Competencies
Interpersonal & Communication
Strong Oral and Written Communication
Results orientation
Decision making

Qualifications and Experience
A Bachelor’s degree in marketing or business management or any discipline with minimum of 4 (FOUR) YEARS of related experience in the pharmaceutical industry and FMCG.
Prior sales experience in a pharmaceutical company an added advantage.
Preferred candidate must have demonstrable experience in sales planning, prospecting of new markets and developing business opportunities.
APPLICATIONS WITHOUT THE REQUIRED FMCG EXPERIENCE WILL NOT BE REVIEWED.

METHOD OF APPLICATION:
Candidates who meet the above requirements should email their resume to contact@gvapartners.com and recruitment@gvapartners.com
PLEASE, USE "SALES EXECUTIVE" AS THE SUBJECT OF THE MAIL.

The Position is still open. As explained above, if you did not meet the stipulated requirement, please do not apply.