Marketing / Sales Executive
full-time
Role: Marketing and Sales
Location: Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria
Job Summary
We are seeking an experienced, confident, and results-driven Marketer/Sales Executive with excellent communication and persuasive skills. The ideal candidate must be articulate, eloquent, and capable of engaging prospective customers professionally, understanding their needs, presenting our products and services convincingly, and converting leads into paying customers.
The successful candidate must have a proven ability to close sales, build lasting customer relationships, meet sales targets, and contribute to the organization's revenue growth.
Key Responsibilities:
Customer Acquisition and Sales Conversion: Identify prospective customers, generate leads, follow up on inquiries, and convert prospects into paying customers.
Marketing and Promotion: Promote the organization's products and services through direct marketing, networking, referrals, social media, and other effective channels.
Sales Presentations: Communicate product and service benefits eloquently, confidently, and persuasively to prospective and existing customers.
Lead Management: Maintain a database of prospects, track leads, follow up consistently, and manage the sales pipeline from initial contact to final purchase.
Customer Relationship Management: Build and maintain strong customer relationships to encourage repeat business, referrals, and customer loyalty.
Sales Target Achievement: Meet or exceed assigned sales targets and revenue objectives.
Market Research: Identify potential customer segments, monitor competitors, and recommend strategies to improve sales performance.
Reporting: Prepare regular reports on leads generated, customer engagements, sales conversions, revenue achieved, and outstanding prospects.
Negotiation and Closing: Handle customer objections professionally, negotiate within approved company guidelines, and close sales effectively.
Team Collaboration: Work with management and other departments to improve customer experience and achieve business objectives.
Requirements and Qualifications
Minimum of 3-5 years of proven experience in marketing, sales, business development, or a related role.
Demonstrated ability to convert leads and inquiries into actual sales.
Excellent verbal communication, presentation, negotiation, and persuasion skills.
Must speak eloquently, confidently, and professionally.
Strong customer service and relationship management skills.
Ability to work independently, take initiative, and deliver results with minimal supervision.
Target-driven, proactive, organized, and commercially aware.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office and familiarity with CRM tools or sales-tracking systems is an advantage.
Relevant qualification in Marketing, Business Administration, Communications, or a related discipline is an advantage.