How To Find Your Perfect Sales Job

The sales industry is fast paced and extremely energetic and thriving. If anyone has ever told you that you could ‘sell ice to an Eskimo’ then working in the sales industry could be the perfect job for you! Depending on the type of company you work for, you will be selling goods or services either to public consumers or other businesses on behalf of your company. You will most likely be based in an office, selling over the phone and communicating via email to meet your own targets, although some tasks may involve meeting important clients directly or attending events on behalf of your company. You will need to have excellent communication skills, be friendly and approachable as well as the ability to be persuasive and charming – these are all key skills that will ensure you excel in a sales job.



Sales Executive

As a sales executive, you will approach potential customers to generate sales, as well as performing repeat sales with existing customers. Your role may involve cold calling, to generate sales or leads may be generated through marketing techniques and campaigns. Your sales manager will work together with the company’s director to establish targets either for yourself to meet individually or for a team of sales executive to work together to meet. You could be selling a range of different products; consumer goods like food, drink or stationery, durables such as clothes, domestic equipment or toys. Or you could also be selling industrial supplies like chemicals and mechanical parts or business services such as web design or consultancy. It is important for you to be highly motivated and money driven in this sales job as meeting and exceeding targets is a keep part of your daily challenge and will earn you potential bonuses or commission if you’re working hard enough. You will need to understand the customer’s needs and tailor your sales tactics to comply with this.



Sales Manager/Director

You will be managing a team of sales representatives to establish targets for each member of your team in this manager sales job. You will be developing strategies, tactics, sales plans and targets to help boost revenue for the company, while still upholding the company’s positive reputation through customer service. You will be selling yourself too, dealing with larger, more important clients that bring in a large amount of revenue for the company. These will need extra care and attention given to them as they are the most important. You will need to make sure sales are repeated and that these clients are satisfied and given excellent customer service. In this sales jobs; you will develop a strong relationship with each one of your clients and your team members, being able to oversee your sales team; advising them in any queries they may need. As the department manager, you will regularly report to your manager director about how your team as a whole are performing; if they are meeting targets and how to boost this, ensuring more revenue and success for the company.

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