Sales Manager

Telvida Systems Int’l Limited, a specialist IT and Unified Communication Company. At Telvida, we recognise that one of the biggest challenge in IP Telephony and Unified Communications is getting things to work – efficiently and effortlessly.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Sales Manager
Location: Lagos
Job Description

• We are looking for a high-performing Sales Manager to help us meet our customer acquisition and revenue growth targets by keeping our company competitive and innovative. You will be responsible for maximizing our sales team potential and crafting sales plans.

Job Responsibilities

• Achieve growth and hit sales targets by successfully managing the sales team
• Establishes and adjusts selling prices by monitoring costs, competition, and supply and demand.
• Completes national sales operational requirements by scheduling and assigning employees; following up on work results.
• Setting and reviewing objectives, coaching and performance monitoring of sales representatives.
• Build and promote strong, long-lasting customer relationships by partnering with company’s client and understanding their needs
• Present sales, revenue and expenses reports and realistic forecasts to the management team
• Identify emerging markets and market shifts while being fully aware of new products and competition status.
• Design and implement a strategic business plan that expands company’s customer base and ensure it’s strong presence in the Market.
• Determines annual unit and gross-profit plans by implementing marketing strategies; analyzing trends and results.
• Establishes sales objectives by forecasting and developing annual sales quotas for regions and territories; projecting expected sales volume and profit for existing and new products.
• Implements national sales programs by developing field sales action plans.
• Maintains sales volume, product mix, and selling price by keeping current with supply and demand, changing trends, economic indicators, and competitors.

Job Qualifications

• A good university degree with a minimum of 5 years’ experience in a B2Brole, selling services in IT/ Networking or a related technology-based industry
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office, CRM and other related software
• Ability to deliver presentations to clients key decision makers, an aggressive strategist with proven ability to close deals via strong and persuasive closing skills
• Excellent skills in teamwork, leadership and communication
• Professional self-starter, high level of motivation, customer empathy and ethics
• Strong analytical and reasoning abilities
• Ability to collect and analyze data, draws conclusions, and make actionable recommendations.
• Candidate must be result-oriented
• Successful previous experience as a sales representative or sales manager, consistently meeting or exceeding targets
• Outstanding interpersonal skills;
• Committed to continuous education through workshops, seminars and conferences
• Demonstrated ability to communicate, present and influence credibly and effectively at all levels of the organization
• Proven ability to drive the sales process from plan to close
• Strong business sense and industry expertise
• Excellent mentoring, coaching and people management skill
• Strong initiative skills, working both independently and as part of a team;

Sales Manager Skills:

• Meeting Sales Goals, Negotiation, Selling to Customer Needs, Motivation for Sales, Sales Planning, Building Relationships, Coaching, Managing Processes, Market Knowledge, Developing Budgets, Staffing