Sales Executive

Job description / Role

Objective: The mission is to sell industrial solutions to a wide variety of customers within a determined sales geographical sector. Primary responsibilities include maintaining existing customer base, develops sales and profitability within his/her sector, while achieving customer satisfaction objectives.

Main responsibilities: Maintains and developing relationships with existing customers via meetings, telephone calls and emails
- Visits potential customers for new business
- Makes accurate, rapid cost calculations, and provides customers with quotations
- Negotiates the terms of an agreement and closing sales
- Gathers market and customer information and provides feedback on future buying trends
- Represents organisation at trade exhibitions, events and demonstrations
- Negotiates variations in price, delivery and specifications with company's managers
- Advises on forthcoming product developments and discusses special promotions
- Liaises with suppliers to check on the progress of existing orders
- Checks quantities of goods on display and in stock
- May also be involved with identifying new markets and business opportunities
- Records sales and order information and sends copies to the sales office
- Reviews her/his sales performance, aiming to meet or exceed targets

Reporting to: Sales Manager
Other interactions: Business Developers - Sales Director
Number required: 1
Duration: Permanent
Desired start date: 01st August
Probation: 3 months
Working hours: Sun-Thursday 09:00 am - 6pm
Travel requirements: Occasional travel within country
Commission / Bonus: 2 months bonus
Other Benefits: Housing Allowance - Transport Allowance + Medical scheme + yearly tickets

Requirements

Western Educated or Native Arabic speaker will be preferred.
Ability and desire to sell and naturally assertive.

- Excellent English communication skills written and spoken.
- Strong commercial awareness.
- A confident and determined approach.
- A high degree of self-motivation and drive.
- The capacity to flourish in a competitive environment.
- The ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
- Resilience, and the ability to cope with rejection.

About the Company

Air Liquide is the world leader in gases for industry, health and the environment. The Group offers innovative solutions based on continuously enhanced technologies. We produce air gases (oxygen, nitrogen, argon, rare gases, etc.) and many other gases, including hydrogen. Present in 80 countries with 50,000 employees, Air Liquide innovates for the sake of progress while striving to ally dynamic growth, consistent performances and responsibility over the long term.