Graduate Sales Officer at GVA Partners

Growth in Value Alliance (GV Alliance) Partners is a business advisory and market intelligence services firm. Our objectives are to assist organizations to achieve their growth aspirations by providing market intelligence, strategy formulation and implementation expertise and business operation improvement skills.

GVA Partners is recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Graduate Sales

Location: Lagos

Job Description:
The successful candidate(s) will be responsible for expanding our recruitment and consultation services. The ideal candidate would convince clients to subscribe to our services, and discuss the advantages of the services, and how our services would improve the client’s business.

Job Responsibilities;

• Maintaining and developing relationships with existing customers in person and via telephone calls and emails;
• Cold calling to arrange meetings with potential customers to prospect for new business;
• Responding to incoming email and phone inquiries;
• Acting as a contract between the company and its existing and potential clients;
• Identifies advantages and compares organization’s services.
• Supplies management with oral and written reports on customer needs, problems, interests, competitive activities, and potential for new services;
• Negotiating the terms of an agreement and closing sales;
• Gathering market and customer information;
• Gaining a clear understanding of customers’ businesses and requirements
  

Job Requirements;

• Entry Level
• Minimum of a Degree
• Ability to persuade and influence others.
• Ability to maintain a professional appearance and providing a positive company image to the public.
• Willingness to work a flexible schedule.
• Ability to develop and deliver presentations.
• Ability to work well as part of a team.
• Creativity and problem-solving skills.
• First rate organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to meet deadlines and work under pressure

Competencies;

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Confidence and persuasiveness, for “selling” your ideas.
• Customer Service orientation.
  
• Patience.
• Adaptability
• Initiative
• Stress tolerance
• High energy level
• Integrity.

Method of Application; Candidates who meet the above requirement should email their resume to: contact@gvapartners.com and recruitment@gvapartners.com Please, state the position you are applying for in the subject field of the email.

Application Deadline; 17th May, 2013.