Sales Officer at Salpha Energy

Salpha Energy Limited is a renewable energy company determined to provide affordable solar solutions for everyone. We are addressing the huge market need for energy by enabling people harness the infinite source of light that freely accessible to everyone. Innovations in renewable technology afford us the opportunity to place power back in the hands of people, through innovative and quality conscious products that are built to last for outdoor campaing, entrepreneurial activities, rural settlements or disaster relief.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Sales Officer

Location: Kano
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary

• Under the supervision of the Regional/State Sales Manager and the National Sales Manager, the sales officer will work directly on the field to develop and execute marketing and business strategies to maximize profitability, improve the organizations market position and achieve financial growth.
• You will provide the marketing information that will translate to building key customer relationships, identify business opportunities, negotiate, and close business deals and maintain extensive knowledge of current market conditions and help achieve expected sales targets.

Specific Responsibilities/Duties
Sales/Marketing:

• Present, promote and sell Salpha Energy products using persuasive communication to existing and prospective customers.
• Achieve the company’s sales target for Lapo and Grooming partnership
• Ensure the growth of the company's business through aggressive sales and techniques.
• Maintain relationships with clients by providing support, information, and guidance.
• Generating Leads.
• Meeting and/or exceeding sales targets.
• Create, plan and schedule presentations of company products to existing and potential customers.
• Ensure customer retention by 100% .

Record Keeping:

• Keep record of customers visited or sold to and update it regularly.
• Preparing weekly and monthly sales reports.
• Main accurate record of disbursement made through the company’s partnerships –LAPO and Grooming Centres.

Market/Product Research:

• Perform cost-benefit, marketing intelligence and competitive and needs analysis of existing and potential customers in-order to meet their needs.
• Recommending new opportunities and service improvements.
• Visiting customers and potential customers to evaluate needs and/or promote new Salpha Energy products.
• Assist Management and the finance department to determine pricing schedules for quotes, promotions and negotiations based on research done.
• Liaise with the finance department to reconcile stock and products supplied.
• Present market update based on existing and potential customers needs and research scale done.

Customer Service/Relations:

• Establish, develop, and maintain positive business and customer relationships.
• Ensure smooth delivery of products to customers within your region of operation and across Nigeria where necessary.
• Expedite the resolution of customer problems and complaints to maximize satisfaction.
• Perform any other duties that may be assigned.

Requirements / Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, Economics, Business Administration or any social scienceor related fields.
• 3-7 years experience in sales and Business Development especially in FMCG company.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to close sales.
• Good computer knowledge especially Microsoft word, excel, PowerPoint.
• Ability to work with little or no supervision.
• Good knowledge of sales techniques.
• Good knowledge of the job location and its environs as well as it business potentials.
• Excellent knowledge of B2B and B2C business models.

Other Relevant Skill Sets Needed as Sales Officer:

• Communication: Excellent written and oral communication skills are helpful for connecting with clients and team across the region, especially regarding timely information and follow-up.
• Creativity: The ability to create innovative sales ideas helps the company grow its revenue and profits. Strong creativity skills needed to collaborate with team as well as the management in aspect of the company’s operations.
• Sales knowledge: Extensive understanding of sales funnels, processes, and functions.
• Integrity: A core value at the centre of our business.
• Corporate and Neat Dressing: The ideal sales officer should be corporately dressed to reflect the company’s good image.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified. 

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should forward their CV to: careers@salphaenergy.com using the job title as the subject of the email.