Job For Sales Representative (Biotech) at the Eye Foundation Hospital Group


The Eye foundation hospital was started in 1993 as a high tech specialist Eye hospital capable of providing services comparable to those obtainable abroad. It is the first and foremost indigenous eye practice in the country that runs a group practice with many sub specialized ophthalmologists. We are recruiting to fill the position below:     Job Title: Sales Representative (Biotech) Location: Lagos Reporting to: Sales Manager (Biotech) Responsible for: N/A Probationary period: 6 months Job Summary

  • This role will implement sales and marketing strategy and drive activities to generate and improve revenue growth for the organization.
  • The role will generate, manage and sustain sales opportunities for the organization’s product and service offerings.
Responsibilities Sales (55%):
  • Generate potential clients through all possible channels and ensure smooth on-boarding
  • Aggressively source new sales opportunities and close sales to achieve sales targets
  • Increase income and revenue by managing and negotiating with clients, generating leads, qualifying prospects and managing sales of products and services
  • Research and build understanding of competition and keep the organization well abreast of the market/competition in order to develop strategies to counter them and maintain a competitive edge
  • Maintain an understanding of the industry, including industry trends, industry performance indicators and key client competitors in their industry
  • Conduct sales calls, face to face meetings, email correspondence and continuous follow up with prospective customers
  • Generate revenue through conversion of prospective customers/projects who are planning to use competitors’ products and services
  • Coordinate with various units as necessary to ensure delivery of transactions, projects and other assignments
  • Coordinate with various units (e.g. Admin and Finance) to ensure proper documentation (term sheets invoices and reports) of transactions and sale activities
  • Provide daily/weekly/monthly reports of sales to line manager as needed.
  • Continually develop knowledge of the business climate, products and services and competition for his/her defined geography and accounts
Relationship Management (20%):
  • Continuously interact with existing and prospective clients so as to keep them abreast of the latest developments and offerings
  • Responsible for overall client satisfaction for services
  • Build and maintain client relationships through continuous follow up with clients; for their requirements and communicating the most appropriate solutions from our product and service range
  • Maintain data relative to partners, accounts and activities and document customer interactions.
  • Marketing (15%)
  • Maintain extensive knowledge of current market conditions and ensure that any directly relevant information is communicated to key stakeholders.
  • Execute events (public awareness campaigns, media and publicity campaigns, staff annual function and social responsibility projects) linked to achievement of sales.
  • Others (10%)
  • Represent the company and present its product offering to potential or existing customers during events such as conferences, seminars, client events etc.
  • Undertake such other reasonable duties as may be required from time to time.
  • Ensure data capture, metrics tracking and business intelligence.
Sales Representative top skills & proficiencies:
  • Build Relationships
  • Market Knowledge
  • Analytical skills
  • Customer Service and Communication Skills
  • Proficiency in English and at least 1 other local language (Yoruba, Igbo, Hausa)
  • Good sales expertise
  • Excellent organization skills
  • Meeting Sales Goals
  • Negotiation
  • Sell to Customer Needs
  • Sales Planning
Qualifications
  • Bachelor Degree in Marketing or any related field preferably in the Social Sciences.
  • A postgraduate degree will be an added advantage
  • Minimum of 2 years' experience with at least 1 years' experience in sales, (B2B field sales) and other in customer service, marketing required.
Computer Savvy Skills:
  • Must be proficient in the use of MS Office suite {Word, Excel and PowerPoint}
    How To Apply Interested and qualified candidates should forward their suitability statement and CV to: [email protected]   Application Deadline 16th April, 2019.