Sales Executive

About Midas Project

Creating a sustainable future in the educational and social enterprise sector entails meeting up with the challenges of a fast-changing and unpredictable globalized world through innovations. Midas Project is a next-generation technology development startup that focuses on driving innovation in education sector and helping to create, nurture and develop social enterprises.

It allows for sharing of African stories and a social support system, via its hub initiative. We are a community of social innovators leveraging technology to proffer solutions to societal problems.

Job Description: 

The Sales Executive builds business by identifying and selling prospects; maintaining relationships with clients. 

Duties & Responsibilities:

- Identifies business opportunities by identifying prospects and evaluating their position in the industry; researching and analyzing sales options.

- Sells products by establishing contact and developing relationships with prospects; recommending solutions.

- Maintains relationships with clients by providing support, information, and guidance; researching and recommending new opportunities; recommending profit and service improvements.

- Identifies product improvements or new products by remaining current on industry trends, market activities, and competitors.

Prepares reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information.

- Maintains quality service by establishing and enforcing organization standards.

- Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; benchmarking state-of-the-art practices; participating in professional societies.

- Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.

Qualifications & Requirements: 

- Proven track record of solution selling at an executive/decision making level

- Experience creating, executing, and tracking a sales plan.

-  Successfully executed business development opportunities and negotiating partnerships.

- Degree in business, finance or sales/marketing (MBA is a-plus).

- Relevant professional qualification will be an added advantage.

Added Advantage: 

- Young candidate with good research skill encouraged

- Experience in a consulting or investment banking field

- Good writing skills, communication and proficient with numbers

- Multi-country education or work experience with diversity in function

- Good communication and looks

- A Nigeria lover or neutral