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Responsibilities

+ Sell standard products and services to customers and/or supervise a team of sales advisers.

+ Develop a personal network within the sales territory and represent the organization at trade shows and other events to identify sales opportunities, promote the organization, and enhance its reputation.

+ Contribute to the development of annual business plans; input to the development of business cases for key activities/projects and with estimating the financial and human resources required to deliver performance targets.

+ Develop and propose own performance objectives; take appropriate actions to ensure achievement of agreed objectives, using the organization's performance management systems to improve personal performance. Or manage and report on team performance; set appropriate performance objectives for direct reports or project/account team members and hold people accountable for achieving them, taking appropriate corrective action where necessary to ensure the achievement of team/personal objectives.

+ Communicate the local action plan; explain how this relates to the function's strategy and action plan and to the broader organization's mission and vision; motivate people to achieve local business goals.

Skills

+ Propose a mutually agreed-upon agenda to start sales conversations that offer value to the client.

+ Orient the organization around delivering to the key needs of clients.

+ Understand the characteristics of an ideal client to identify potential clients.

+ Plan, organize, prioritize and oversee activities to efficiently meet objectives.