Area of ResponsibilityKey Activities/Elements 1. Sales Activity
- Meet or exceed monthly, quarterly & annual financial booking and gross margin targets
- Meet or exceed quota for advanced payment collections to support working capital goals
- Identify and pursue target job opportunities and maintain appropriate activity backlog
- Provide accurate planning and forecasting of sales performance
- Be an active member of the sales team, assisting other team members as needed, to achieve team goals
- Provide market feedback on product information, competitive product data, market pricing, etc to the Sparkline Materials Handling Solution leadership team
2. Customer Relationships
- Strengthen Sparkline’s relationship and position with new and existing accounts and improve the client relationship by
- Actively calling on contractors & consultants to increase Sparkline’s profile in the local market
- Networking with industry organizations and relevant communities
- Establishing key contacts within multiple tiers of the customer organization
- Regular communication with customer influencer and the Sparkline Account team
- Working to solve customer complaints and issues in a timely manner, using appropriate Sparkline Resources
- Assist with payment collections where requested in case of delayed project payments
3. Effective Management of the Sales Cycle
- Responsible for the effective management of the Sparkline Materials Handling Solution disciplined sales process from identifying and qualifying prospects to successfully closing the sale
- Developing sales leads through prospecting and lead generation activities
- Preparation and delivery of effective, persuasive sales closing presentation with key customer decision makers
- Coordinating estimation activities, ensuring costs are competitive
- Qualifying sales opportunities to ensure expenditure of resources in a cost effective manner
- Ensure successful handover of job to project team
4. Account (new and existing) Development
- Develop detailed account plans for all assigned accounts
- Consult with the customer to influence buying behavior
- Demonstrate new services and technologies that have linkage to customer business outcomes
- Penetrate vertical markets using Breakaway Selling, customer specific value propositions & opportunity development
- Analyze projects to develop strategy for technical and specification superiority to successfully win competitive bid projects
5. Sales Processes & Tools
- Use established sales processes and tools to maximize sales closure rates and ensure compliance
- Customer Relationship Management Tool (CRM)
- Impact reviews
- 5 disciplined step sales process
- POINTS pre-call tool
- Breakaway Selling
Knowledge and skills (general and technical)
- Knowledge of materials handling Systems and demonstrable capability of integrated systems sales
- Experience and knowledge of the commercial construction market
- Solid understanding of applicable local, national and regional building codes and standards.
- High level influencing & negotiation skills
- Strong presentation and communication skills
- Ability to work in a team environment with limited direct supervision
- Working knowledge of Sparkline competitors within the market, both business practices and products/solutions
- Ability to work collaboratively within a matrix team environment
- Customer focused and results driven, and be a self-starter