About the Role:
We are on the hunt for an exceptional Export Sales Manager (Agriculture Products) who is responsible for generating and enhancing the sales of our products in other countries & help us shaping the industry of import & export across the region. He makes sure that our products are made available in the international markets by analyzing the trends of the customers and developing sales plans and strategies to meet their needs.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- The basic and the most important step is to identify new business opportunities by tapping the potential customers from different countries.
- To plan, design, develop and implement different sales activities by researching the customer's needs and requirements.
- To make sure that the existing clients are retained and maintained while developing the new customers.
- To ensure that the all the sales and marketing activities are carried out within the agreed budgets, volume, sales, and within the given time scales.
- To take initiative and efforts to develop constructive and effective solutions to any issues that slow down or hamper the export procedures and activities.
- To constantly review distributor's performance and monitor their work, so that relevant information can be provided to the management.
- They carry out market research, conduct surveys and study the competitors and their marketing and sales strategies.
- Based on this, they make new plans that will help the organization to race ahead in the competition by prioritizing the target countries.
- They actively participate in the training sessions to improvise their knowledge and skills.
- They train and mentor the sales representatives and create awareness about the products in the target countries by conducting advertising and marketing campaigns.
- Prepare sales reports and correspondence in a timely and effective manner
An educational background in marketing, sales, business administration and management would prove to be beneficial.A minimum of 5 years experience in Export Sales (Agriculture Products) is a MUST. Proficiency in the foreign language other than English would definitely prove to be an added advantage while interacting with the client and vendors from different countries.Produce sales experience, minimum 7 years.Proven sales managerial successHighly motivated with an existing book of customers and/or suppliers.Strong interpersonal communication skills to develop healthy, professional relationships with the clients and vendors demonstrated by exceptional leadership quality.Excellent negotiation skills are a re-requisite in determining the prices and discounts for different products.Able to work in a target-oriented work environment.Able to prioritize work based on the given deadlines.Excellent time management and organization skills with the ability to do fast mathematical computations will be an advantage.Proficient in computers to maintain and update various kinds of reports.