Profession technical sales representative

Technical sales representatives act for a business to sell its merchandise while providing technical insight for customers.

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Personality Type

• Enterprising / Conventional

Knowledge

• Characteristics of services

  The characteristics of a service that might include having acquired information about its application, function, features, use and support requirements.

• Characteristics of products

  The tangible characteristics of a product such as its materials, properties and functions, as well as its different applications, features, use and support requirements.

• Sales promotion techniques

  The techniques used to persuade customers to purchase a product or a service.

• Product comprehension

  The offered products, their functionalities, properties and legal and regulatory requirements.

Skills

• Respond to customers' inquiries

  Answer customers' questions about itineraries, rates and reservations in person, by mail, by e-mail and on the phone.

• Implement sales strategies

  Carry out the plan to gain competitive advantage on the market by positioning the company's brand or product and by targeting the right audience to sell this brand or product to.

• Implement marketing strategies

  Implement strategies which aim to promote a specific product or service, using the developed marketing strategies.

• Contact customers

  Contact customers by telephone in order to respond to inquiries or to notify them of claim investigation results or any planned adjustments.

• Record customers' personal data

  Gather and record customers' personal data into the system; obtain all signatures and documents required for rental.

• Ensure customer focus

  Attitude that puts customers at the centre of the business in all cases.

• Apply technical communication skills

  Explain technical details to non-technical customers, stakeholders, or any other interested parties in a clear and concise manner.

• Produce sales reports

  Maintain records of calls made and products sold over a given time frame, including data regarding sales volumes, number of new accounts contacted and the costs involved.

• Demonstrate products' features

  Demonstrate how to use a product in a correct and safe manner, provide customers with information on the product's main features and benefits, explain operation, correct use and maintenance. Persuade potential customers to purchase items.

• Ensure compliance with legal requirements

  Guarantee compliance with established and applicable standards and legal requirements such as specifications, policies, standards or law for the goal that organisations aspire to achieve in their efforts.

• Prospect new customers

  Initiate activities in order to attract new and interesting customers. Ask for recommendations and references, find places where potential customers can be located.

• Answer requests for quotation

  Make up prices and documents for the products that customers may purchase.

• Keep records on sales

  Keep records of the activities of the sales of products and services, tracking which products and services were sold when and maintaining customer records, in order to facilitate improvements in the sales department.

• Prioritise tasks

  Organise tasks according to their priority.

• Demonstrate motivation for sales

  Show incentives that drive someone to reach sales goals and business targets.

• Keep records of customer interaction

  Recording details of inquiries, comments and complaints received from customers, as well as actions to be taken.

• Implement customer follow-up

  Implement strategies that ensures post-sale follow up of customer satisfaction or loyalty regarding one's product or service.

• Provide customer follow-up services

  Register, follow-up, solve and respond to customer requests, complaints and after-sales services.

• Maintain relationship with customers

  Build a lasting and meaningful relationship with customers in order to ensure satisfaction and fidelity by providing accurate and friendly advice and support, by delivering quality products and services and by supplying after-sales information and service.

• Communicate with customers

  Respond to and communicate with customers in the most efficient and appropriate manner to enable them to access the desired products or services, or any other help they may require.

• Guarantee customer satisfaction

  Handle customer expectations in a professional manner, anticipating and addressing their needs and desires. Provide flexible customer service to ensure customer satisfaction and loyalty.

• Use customer relationship management software

  Use specialised software to manage company’s interactions with current and future customers. Organise, automate and synchronise sales, marketing, customer service, and technical support, to increase targeted sales.

• Have computer literacy

  Utilise computers, IT equipment and modern day technology in an efficient way.

• Supervise sales activities

  Monitor and oversee the activities related to the ongoing sales in the shop to ensure that sales goals are met, assess areas for improvement, and identify or solve problems that customers could encounter.

Optional knowledge and skills

Source: Sisyphus ODB