Sales / Marketing Representative at Virgin Forest Energy Limited

Virgin Forest Energy Limited is a wholly-owned and well capitalized Nigerian energy downstream oil trading company. We are dedicated to the provision of top-rate petroleum products and by-products to our vast array of clients and customers across Nigeria and beyond. In the course of our short but eventful existence as a corporate entity, we have carved a niche for ourselves as a company sensitive to the peculiar environment in which we operate, and we have tailored our operations in response to the ever-changing demands of a vibrant and dynamic emerging economy such as Nigeria.

We are recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Sales / Marketing Representative

Location: Nigeria

Purpose of Role
Virgin Forest Energy Limited is a wholly owned Nigerian and well capitalized energy downstream oil trading company and is seeking to recruit Sale Persons that will market and sell a new product to the consumers.

Responsibilities

Interact directly with consumers, provide advice on products and services offered, and assist customers in making product choices tailored to their individual needs.
Frontline sales person responsible for the execution of agreed sales and profitability targets within the assigned sales area by acquiring new business and maintaining existing customers.
Identify, plan and develop new customers in line with business development plans/targets.
Provide appropriate and agreed levels of contact, service and support to ensure sales targets are met.
Monitor sales against agreed targets on a regular basis to ensure they are met and where necessary the need for remedial actions are identified, reported and implemented.
Work with Marketing & Sales teams to achieve sales goals and effectively promote client products.
Manage sales support activities in designated area, collects reports and analyzes the customer feedback / information on present as well as future market trends in the context of possible further market penetration.
Identifies targets and implements the approved sales strategies in the assigned region.
Promotes company’s positive image and develops long-term relations with the customers.
Identifies business opportunities and pinpoints
Delivers periodical progress reports and proactively submits recommendations regarding the improvements in the approach to the marketplace.
Proactively informs the upper management about the required sales support level (including marketing, technical, logistics and control) and cooperates in the coordination of the implementation of the defined activity.
Monitors and reports on the status of formal customer complaint and implementation procedure.