Sales Manager at African Management Services Company (AMSCO)

It will be an expectation to optimize sales volume, product mix and profit margin, while increasing sales in the marketplace. This position will need to coordinate sales for the assigned customer and distributor base. It has the responsibility to manage all aspects of the customer relationship, providing sales and technical assistance with developers and distributors.

The primary functions include:

• provide sales and technical assistance with assigned customer base in the alternative energy space
• provide timely and accurate information for order entry, while elevating quality issues to attention of management
• ensure that accurate information flows to market intelligence data on competitive products
• proactively identify customer needs to allow organisation preference and increase buying habits

Essential job tasks include but are not limited to:

• accurate and timely planning and specification interpretation, quotation, and technical support;
• communication with customers, warehouse, and plants to facilitate problem resolution;
• collect, analyze, and utilize market intelligence regarding competitive products, customer needs, preferences, and buying habits;
• review and interpret customer needs on plans and specifications;
• provide facility timely solutions to customer issues by utilizing available resources or creating procedure for resolution;
• awareness of and responsiveness to market conditions and competitive activities while communicating such information to product divisions;
• plan promotional events and presentations to promote organization’s position, while developing a proven record of achieving assigned sales goals
• prepare and present bids and quotations to customers using company price and delivery guidelines while using sound business judgment

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institution
• Minimum three (3) years of industry experience
• Valid driver’s license