Sales Accounts and Business Development Managers
Description
Sales accounts and business development managers plan, organise and undertake market research to meet the requirements of an organisation’s marketing and sales policies.
Tasks
- Keeps up to date with products and competitors.
- Produces reports and recommendations concerning marketing and sales strategies for senior management.
- Recruits and trains junior sales staff.
- Handles customer accounts.
- Compiles and analyses sales figures, prepares proposals for marketing campaigns and promotional activities and undertakes market research.
- Discusses employer’s or client’s requirements, carries out surveys and analyses customers’ reactions to product, packaging, price, etc..
- Liaises with other senior staff to determine the range of goods or services to be sold, contributes to the development of sales strategies and setting of sales targets.
Entry Requirements
Honours, Bachelor's degree
Skills
- Active Listening
- Reading Comprehension
- Speaking
- Writing
- Active Learning
- Monitoring
- Critical Thinking
- Mathematics
- Science
- Learning Strategies