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Job Description
The role of an export sales manager is important for any organization to increase its profitability by broadening its horizons and reaching the customers from different countries. While doing so, they ensure that they retain the existing customers. Thus, the export sales manager responsibilities are of great significance when any business organization needs to expand its business, thereby increasing the profit margins.
Key Responsibilities of an Export Sales Manager
An export sales manager is responsible for generating and enhancing the sales of the products in other countries. They make sure that the products are made available in the international markets by analyzing the trends of the customers and developing sales plans and strategies to meet their needs. Let us study in detail the key responsibilities that need to be handled by an export sales manager:
- The basic and the most important step is to identify new business opportunities by tapping the potential customers from different countries
- To plan, design, develop and implement different sales activities by researching the customer's needs and requirements
- To make sure that the existing clients are retained and maintained while developing the new customers
- To ensure that the all the sales and marketing activities are carried out within the agreed budgets, volume, sales, and within the given time scales
- To take initiative and efforts to develop constructive and effective solutions to any issues that slow down or hamper the export procedures and activities
- To constantly review distributor's performance and monitor their work, so that relevant information can be provided to the management
Job Requirements
- If you are aspiring to become an export sales manager, it is essential that you should have passion and flexibility to travel long distances.
- Being in the sales profession, demands that you have strong interpersonal communication skills to develop healthy, professional relationships with the clients and vendors demonstrated by exceptional leadership quality.
- Excellent negotiation skills are a pre-requisite in determining the prices and discounts for different products.
- Should be able to work in a target oriented work environment and should be able to prioritize work based on the given deadlines.
- Excellent time management and organization skills with the ability to do fast mathematical computations will be an advantage.
- Should be proficient in computers to maintain and update various kinds of reports.
Educational Background
- An educational background in marketing, sales, business administration and management would prove to be beneficial.
- If it backed by relevant work experience, getting the job would be easier.
- Proficiency in the foreign language other than English would definitely prove to be an added advantage while interacting with the client and vendors from different countries.
Experience
- Preferable to be in the same field "Plastic and PVC"
