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sales manager job

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Key duties/responsibilities for sales manager


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Assures staffing remains within authorized levels.


Routinely inspects market to insure adherence to Company merchandising policies and
to measure progress in sales development, display attainment and competitive activity.
3. Assists route salespersons in achieving additional sales increases by identifying route
opportunities, providing merchandising and promotional instruction and assisting in
the placement of in-store displays, point-of-purchase material and racks.
4. Establishes and revises route schedules quarterly to maximize sales distribution by
route and to improve service to customers.
5. Schedules and implements weekly dock meetings with Route Salespersons to review
promotional display goals, seasonal push item distribution, and service schedule goals.
6. Improves sales distribution by obtaining additional shelf space, new product
authorizations, secondary in-store locations, adjustments in product mix, approval of
promotions and acquiring new accounts in conjunction with the route salesperson.
7. Coordinates training program for new employees including handheld, driving, safety,
sales presentation skills, and mentor assignment.
8. Works to improve customer relations and develop new sales distribution.
9. Evaluates activity of competitors and overall market conditions. Reports this
information weekly to the Senior District Sales Manager/Regional Sales Manager.
10. Maintains responsibility for the overall security and general welfare of the sales
warehouse and/or sales bin (s).

Key job qualifications for sales manager

1. Bachelors degree preferred and/or 10+ years equivalent business


experience
2. 4-8 years of experience as a key sales management resource for initiating
contact, identifying the key client stakeholders and closing deals with
F100 companies.
3. Experience negotiating and closing deals. Proven closing skills are a
requirement
4. 8-10 years of experience of services sales in the IT field selling into F100
clients. Quota attainment a requirement.
5. Ideally, experience a Vertical Market ASP (Application Service Provider)
that is marketing oriented for corporate procurement specialists.
6. Firm grasp of procurement concerns and objectives. Ability to explain how
our ASP procurement services allow them to efficiently manage their
requirements.

Format for sales manager job description


A typical job description includes 4
main part as follows:
1. Job information
This part includes: job title, reporting
relationships, department, job
location, manager/supervisors title,
job code, purpose and objective of the
job.
2. List of main task
3. Contents of Job Specifications
Knowledg/education.
Skill requirements.
Experience.
Abilities. Ability include physical
ability, metal ability, aptitudes.
4. Contents of working conditions
Environmental conditions
Job hazards / safety
Machine, tools and equipments

KSA model in setting up job description


1. What is KSA model?
KSA model is a competency model of individual. KSA is the same KSAO.
KSA include Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (also called KSAs model) that an
applicant must have to perform successfully in the position.

2. Components of KSA:
Knowledge
A body of information needed to perform a task.
For example, Human Resources Knowledge include knowledge of personnel
recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and
negotiation, and personnel information systems.
Skills
Skills are the proficiency to perform a certain task.
For example, skill in operating computer peripherals such as printers.
Abilities
Abilities are an underlying, enduring trait useful for performing tasks.
For example, oral comprehension the ability to listen to and understand
information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.

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architecture, automotive, agency, banking, budget, building, business
development, consulting, communication, clinical research, design, software
development, product development, interior design, web development,
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fashion, green card, oil gas, hospital, it, marketing, media, mining, nhs, non
technical, oil and gas, offshore, pharmaceutical, real estate, retail, research,
human resources, telecommunications, technology, technical, senior, digital,
software, web, clinical, hr, infrastructure, business, erp, creative, ict, hvac,
sales, uk, implementation, network, operations, architectural, environmental,
crm, website, interactive, security, supply chain, logistics, training, project
management
The above job description also can be used for job title levels: entry level sales
manager, junior sales manager, senior sales manager

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