Job Title: Sales Executive
Responsible to: Managing Director
Responsible to: Managing Director
Department: Sales
Salary: Competitive Salary plus commissions
Purpose of job and primary objectives
Salary: Competitive Salary plus commissions
Purpose of job and primary objectives
Working as part of the
Business Development team and within our client’s operations team, this
role is responsible for sourcing and managing relationships with new and
existing clients within the retail cleaning industry and key decision
makers within the region to develop business opportunities, achieve
predetermined sales targets and ensuring complete customer satisfaction.
Main Duties and responsibilities
- Generating leads and setting appointments through market investigation, networking, new media and cold calling.
- Developing and managing business relationships that generate new contracted income and achieving agreed sales targets is a must
- Presenting the organization and the services it provides to potential customers directly and at industry events.
- Creating and managing a pipeline required to meet sales targets and ensuring all sales paperwork is current.
- Working with the Operations Team and Bid Managers to respond to tender re-quests in a timely manner.
- Closing sales opportunities.
- Regularly communicating with the Business Unit Heads, Managing Director, and all other business development personnel to ensure that they remain fully informed of all significant issues.
Knowledge, Experience and skills required
- Extensive knowledge within the cleaning and hospitality industry is essential.
- Extensive knowledge in completing tender process is essential, along with good written and oral skills.
- A long proven track record, and identifiable brand achievements is paramount to this position; with active business development activity in the last 3-5 years in the cleaning industry.
- A tenacious, driven individual with a proven record of successful services selling.
- Extremely driven and focused on achieving set out targets.
- Computer Literate Word, Excel, Outlook etc
- Excellent communication, consultative, organization, prospecting and follow-up skills.
- Daily activity reporting and weekly meetings.
Education
- Diploma or bachelors degree in sales and marketing preferred but not required
Application Procedure:
Send a complete, Hand written CV addressed to:
Lavington Cleaning Services
Managing Director
P.O Box 24414 – 00100
Nairobi
Managing Director
P.O Box 24414 – 00100
Nairobi
Or send to info@lavingtoncleaningservices.co.ke
Include copies of diploma & certificates, recommendation letters and former employer
Include copies of diploma & certificates, recommendation letters and former employer
All these documents will remain the property of Lavington Cleaning Services and will not be returned to the applicants
Only candidates with the proper qualifications will be selected
Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted
Deadline: February 28th, 2013
