Marketing Sales Associate

Job Summary

• Generates new business opportunities and sales of company products and services over the phone, through e-mail, and outside networking events.

General Accountabilities

• Delivers prepared sales talks, reading from scripts that describe products or services, to persuade potential customers to purchase a product or service.
• Contacts businesses or private individuals by telephone to solicit sales for goods or services.
• Explains products or services and prices, and answers questions from customers.
• Obtains customer information such as name, address, and payment method, and enter orders into computers.
• Records names, addresses, purchases, and reactions of prospects contacted.
• Obtains names and telephone numbers of potential customers from lists purchased from other organizations.
• Maintains records of contacts, accounts, and orders.
• *The company reserves the right to add or change duties at any time.

Job Qualifications

• Education: High school diploma or equivalent
• Experience: Some previous work-related experience

Skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Persuasion
• Active listening
• Service orientation
• Social perceptiveness