Sales Consultant
- Full-time
Company Description
MASTER CHEWING GUM & CANDIES was created as a sister company of MO GANDOUR in 1960 and has been a family owned company and operated business for more than 50 years in Lebanon.
Job Description
• Achieve sales, coverage, distribution, and visibility targets for each product and/or brand as per approved sales forecast.
• Report on daily and weekly sales activities to Sales Supervisor.
• Maintains an updated and accurate sales files and reports as requested by management.
• Assist in promotional and special marketing initiatives.
• Collect all receivables related to assigned accounts on a timely manner.
• Monitor competitors’ prices and any special promotional campaigns and report observations and findings to sales and marketing departments.
• Handle customer issues and resolve any problems whenever possible or escalate them to the responsible manager to ensure they are dealt with effectively.
• Implement sales fundamentals to ensure core distribution availability, contracted visibility and shelving shares and suggested retail pricing implementation to achieve volume targets.
• Build strong customer penetration to establish/maintain the company’s position as the preferred supplier.
• Manage allocated cash allowances, budgets and offers.
• Suggest ideas to positively impact the business directly or indirectly. Actively participate in the morning and unit meetings by sharing market news.
• Report all markets’ studies needed (distribution, competition …) while ensuring right planning, forecasting and early response from the company.
• Maintains all daily, weekly and monthly reports updated and ensures timely submittal.
Qualifications
- Minimum of 3 years of experiences (Confectionery is a must)
- BA Degree or equivalent
Additional Information
- Advanced negotiation Skills
- Teamwork
- Attention to detail
- Execution and results orientation
- Basic knowledge of MS-Office.