Sales Manager

Job description:

Account Management & Development

• Be the lead point of contact for matters specific to the assigned sales accounts
• Build and maintain strong, long-lasting with the sales account personnel
• Negotiate contracts and follow up towards closing of agreements
• Prioritize and plan the company’s work activities within customer project scope and timeline
• Ensure timely and successful delivery of our solutions according to customer needs and objectives
• Constantly explore new business opportunities or offer new business ideas to customers to expand mutual growth
• Forecast and track customer account metrics (eg. quarterly sales results and annual forecasts)
• Ensure timely billings to customers

New Business Development

• Actively engage potential clients to update offerings, understand needs and acquire market intelligence
• Win new clients by closely following up on actions to client’s request, including quotations, proposals, bids, orders, contracts, and specifications
• Prepare and submit for selected public tenders.
• Coordinate with relevant teams within the company – project management, R&D, operations – to ensure timely and satisfactory responses to customers.
• Participate in trade shows and industry conferences to collect market intelligence and network with relevant industry players.

Requirements:

• Diploma/Bachelor’s Degree holder
• At least 3 years of experience in B2B sales or business development, particularly in ICT system solution or system integration
• Account management experience in financial services, transit markets, and/or self-automated payment systems is a big advantage
• Strong interest in fast-paced technologies like Fintech, IoT
• Highly self-motivated, take initiatives to learn and to find out answers
• Background or knowledge in software and electronics/electrical engineering will be an added advantage
• Well organized and able to manage project timeline, deliverables
• Ability to communicate, present and influence, while having attentive listening skill
• Good command in English and Japanese is a requisite for the foreign market of business development interest.

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature, and level, of the work performed by this position. It is not designed to contain, or be interpreted, as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required.

Interested candidates may also apply or write in to CS Chua, EA 12C6130/ R1548619 cschua@hpspartners.com.sg. Shortlisted candidates will be contacted for a discussion.