Sales Manager

at  Chemlex FE Pte Ltd

Job Description
We are a well established Chemical Wholesale Distributor & Manufacturing company in Singapore. We are looking for a passionate and motivated Sales Manager to join us.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience.
• Applicants with previous Sales, Customer Service and Client Management experience roles in are highly regarded.
• Bachelor’s Degree in business management / Administration, Sales & Marketing, or other applicable degree.
• Aggressive and sales driven
• Good presentation skills Team player and multitasker Initiator and start up attitude.
• Good business knowledge, team management, interpersonal and communication skills.
• Good knowledge in MS Office suites, database and information systems.

• Develop and implement Business Development, Sales & Marketing strategies to maintain profitable revenues.
• Act as principal contact of our clients; engage actively with both existing or new and potential clients and maintain relationships with them.
• Maintain relationship with existing customers and identify sales leads with new customers within the APAC Region
• Build, maintain and expand a network of stakeholders and initiate external representation (conferences, seminars etc.). Represent the Company at industry functions.
• Focus, open up & penetrate into new & untapped business segment territories & clientele based
• Provide to the management strategic feedback on Market requirements, Changes in international/national standards, and Competitors’ activities and pricing philosophies
• Keep updated on developments in oil & gas and chemical industry.
• To plan and direct sales & marketing activities in a specific country to achieve agreed sales volume, pricing and selling cost objectives by implementing consistently the overall sales strategy, using technical, organizational and customer knowledge
• Provide inputs and participate in the marketing, market planning and technical development of products and services
• Manage business of global key accounts, regional key accounts and local accounts with suitable business model to ensure customer satisfaction and reasonable cost to serve
• Optimize business model to maximize on business potential capture with less of complexity & cost optimization
• Ensure of operating business under country regulations and compliance standard
• Identification of new businesses, analysis and realization of profitable, strategic opportunities

Implementation of sales strategies

• Improve commercial results of product portfolio according to the strategies via product promotion/ introduction, proposals of marketing plans, analysis of and proposal of sales/ distribution channels, pricing proposals, analysis of market to support decision on future product development strategies

Define customer needs and product application to enhance achievements of sales targets

• Conduct market research via visits, calls, interviews etc. to identify and understand customers’ expectations and needs. Develop lists of potential customers after research of the data
• Establish and maintain industry contacts that lead to sales
• Provide inputs to determine the application of the agreed product and service by evaluating product and service marketability and customers’ technical needs
• Maintain up-to-date understanding of industry trends and technical development that effect target markets
• Work with the R&D, customer service and logistics personnel to establish a communication path with the customer to ensure sales opportunities for product and services.

Customer management

• Maintain direct contact with customers’ key personnel and work with customers and internal functions to resolve problems/ expedite matters
• Participate in meetings for customer problem resolution
• Direct flow of information for sales activities ad transactions (leads, billings, order, contracts) and evaluate data to ensure assigned sales goals are met

Sales development

• Develop sales and marketing proposals to trace customers’ needs on consumption analysis, product/service performance, technical services needs
• Maintain up-to-date awareness of market activities, industry trends and recommend to supervisor modification/ changes of strategies/ practices.
• Make regular sales calls/visits to develop professional relationship and follow up on needs with the aim to close deals and finalize contracts

Product promotion

• Deliver and/or participate sales presentations/ workshop/ trade road show/workshops to promote/ introduce products/services
• Credit management
• Conclude sales contracts according to company credit policies and provide customer information as inputs to F&A (Finance and Accounting) to support revision of credit policies
• Work closely with the personnel responsible for account receivable to ensure that the customers honor the sales contract terms
• Provide customer credit information for company credit control function, ensure timely payment of receivables to meet established sales targets and revenue goal

Market intelligence

• Evaluate market trends, the application of products/technology, the service needs, intelligence on competitors, etc to identify new business opportunities