Sales Specialist

Job description / Role

A successful Consumer Goods business in Dubai is currently looking to hire a dynamic and highly driven Sales Executive to join their team and support their mission to become one of the leading beverage distributors and retailers in the UAE.

Your role as the Sales Specialist will include:
* Developing and implementing sales strategies based on sales trends analysis
* Ensuring that strategies deliver target volumes, shares and margins for the brands and customer service levels
* Identifying new clients and business opportunities and working with the sales team to create suitable plans for each new account
* Contributing specialist product knowledge to the business and ensuring that own professional knowledge is continuously updated
* Representing the company at on-trade and sponsored events, taking on the role of the Brand and Sales Ambassador

Requirements

* Minimum of 2 years of operational beverage sales experience
* Extensive knowledge and background in the beverage industry, preferably with the WSET basic course
* Experience in sales training and group presentation
* Strong communication skills, must be fluent in written and spoken English
* Excellent relationship building, decision making and influencing skills
* Good computer skills

This is an exciting opportunity with a guaranteed tax-free salary package that awaits the successful candidate. If you thrive on challenges of this sort and enjoy hitting the ground running, then please apply now.

About the Company

Quest Search & Selection is a specialist recruitment consultancy with over 20 years' experience in sourcing the world's best candidates for the global Retail, FMCG and Hospitality sectors.

With offices in the UK & Dubai, we have an international presence and a global reach. Our recruiters place candidates locally and internationally for a wide variety of roles focusing on the following areas:

Retail Buying & Merchandising, E-commerce & Digital, Food & Beverage, Hotels, Hospitality & Operations, Retail Stores & Operations, HR & Recruitment, Procurement, Supply Chain & Logistics, Sales & Marketing, Technical and New Product Development.

We work in partnership with our clients who range from famous international brands within the Retail, Restaurant, Hotel and Consumer products space. Our reputation is built on our in-depth understanding of the industry and our consultants' skill, knowledge and passion for their sectors.