Direct Sales & Category Sales - Abuja
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The Direct Sales & Category Sales role sets and achieves departmental sales goals, proactively sources new B2B clients in restaurants, negotiates and closes orders, and manages client communications to increase sales volume.
About this role
Direct Sales & Category Sales - Abuja
Vendease is a fast-moving consumer goods e-procurement platform for B2B clients in Nigeria, with a mission to ensure restaurants are free to focus on catering for their customers. We take the problem of food supply- availability and quality of restaurant owners, so that they can focus on serving their customers. As an online marketplace, we give restaurants the opportunity to buy everything they need remotely and seamlessly from anywhere in the world.
Follow and achieve departmental sales goals on a monthly, quarterly and yearly basis.
Actively seeking out new sales opportunities through cold calling, networking, and social media.
Preparing and delivering appropriate presentations on products and services.
Negotiating/closing new businesses every month (A closed business is a business that orders at least once within a month).
Managing communications between key clients and the internal team.
Bringing new businesses from existing clients or contacts and developing business relationships with potential clients.
Increasing sales volume.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, communication, or related fields with a minimum of 2 years of experience in sales, preferably in the food and/or hospitality industry.
Experience working with a farm is mandatory for success on the role
Experience working with a CRM tool for sales lead generation, tracking and forecasting
Proven track record in b2b sales and conversion.
Must have existing good relationships with distributors or restaurants that are easily convertible.
Excellent numerical, interpersonal, communication and people management skills
Tech savviness and a willingness to work with/sell SaaS.
Proven ability to meet and exceed sales Targets.
Proven track record of successfully managing customer relationships
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Additional Information
Competitive Salary
Health Insurance
Hybrid work terms
Quarterly performance bonus
13th month
Company-sponsored trainings
Skills
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