Area Sales Manager at Datalex Nigeria Limited

Responsibilities

• Managing, training and motivating existing sales team to drive revenue growth
• Develop and manage efficient distribution networks for sales
• Develop efficient and creative sales and marketing strategies for the assigned territory and target setting for the sales team
• Collecting customer and market feedback and reporting the same to the organization
• Monitoring sales team performance, analyzing sales data, periodical forecasting and reporting to zonal heads
• Accomplishes regional sales human resource objectives by recruiting, selecting, orienting, training, assigning, scheduling, coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees in assigned districts; communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, appraising, and reviewing job contributions; planning and reviewing compensation actions; enforcing policies and procedures.
• Achieves regional sales operational objectives by contributing regional sales information and recommendations to strategic plans and reviews; preparing and completing action plans; implementing production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; resolving problems; completing audits; identifying trends; determining regional sales system improvements; implementing change.
• Meets regional sales financial objectives by forecasting requirements; preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions.
• Establishes sales objectives by creating a sales plan and quota for districts in support of national objectives.
• Maintains and expands customer base by counseling district sales representatives; building and maintaining rapport with key customers; identifying new customer opportunities.
• Recommends product lines by identifying new product opportunities, and/or product, packaging, and service changes; surveying consumer needs and trends; tracking competitors.
• Implements trade promotions by publishing, tracking, and evaluating trade spending.
• Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks.
• Accomplishes sales and organization mission by completing related results as needed.

Requirements

• Minimum of 3 to 6 years sales experience in an ISP company a MUST; experience in Enterprise Business also a MUST.
• B.Sc /B.A degree or its equivalent in related field from a recognized institution.
• Must be computer literate with excellent knowledge in Microsoft Office (particularly Excel, word and PowerPoint) and in the use of Internet-based resources.
• Must have experience in the internet connectivity environment and a technical overview or background.
• Excellent Communication skills, organizational skills, self-motivation, results-oriented with a positive outlook, punctuality, ambitious, clear focus on high quality and business profit, mature, credible, perceptive and articulate.
• Must be comfortable to contact and deal with all types of companies: small, medium and multi-national companies.
• Other personal traits: reliable, tolerant, determined, well presented, businesslike, polite, well-mannered and be a team-player.
• Ability to develop and maintain a computerized customer and prospect database.
• Ability to prospect for new potential sales, respond to and follow up sales enquiries.
• Maintain and develop existing and new customers through planned individual account support, and liaise with internal order-processing staff.
• Flexibility is required and ability to work extended hours when required without it upsetting domestic situation.