Telesales Agent - Internship Recruitment at Cornerstone Staffing

CornerStone Staffing - Our client, a big player in the FMCG Industry is recruiting suitably qualified candidates to fill the position below: 

Job Position: Telesales Agent - Internship
Job Location
: Lagos, Nigeria

Job Description

  • This is a 2-month paid learning experience with the team of passionate, fun and energetic people who save the day for 150 million customers one call at a time.

Your job as a Telesales Agents is to:

  • Give customers the best options on their purchase
  • Give product information
  • Increase our sales via varied communication channels

Responsibilities

  • Respond to customer questions in a timely manner either via phone, email and chat
  • Attract potential customers by answering questions/suggesting information about our products and services
  • Include a sale speech in every interaction with customer and contact proactively customers to increase bookings
  • Resolve product or service problems by clarifying the customer's complaint; determining the cause of the problem; selecting and explaining the best solution to solve the problem; expediting correction or adjustment; following up to ensure resolution
  • Challenge and influence hotel to improve service level and operational standards
  • Build and maintain strong working relationships with staff
  • Completion of service reports by collecting and reporting on call log information
  • Managing daily targets and tracking progress with tool such as Excel, Google Spreadsheet and various ticketing systems
  • Building and leading cross-functional teams-able to anticipate and deliver solutions to client issues.

Knowledge, Skills, and Experience

  • Minimum BSc /HND required in any field.
  • At least 1 year of Call Centre and/or Telemarketing/ Telesales experience
  • A proven track record of working in a customer service environment is required
  • Flight Ticketing skill is an added advantage
  • Eloquent and customer-oriented, with experience in cold calling
  • Effective communication and interpersonal skills (both written and verbal)
  • Highly persuasive and comfortable with handling customer’s objections
  • Thrive in a fast-paced environment to consistently meet or exceed sales targets.