Area Sales Manager at PORTWEST

As the Area Sales Manager for Ghana, you will bring your PPE and/or workwear experience to sell Portwest products to distributors reporting into the Global Sales Director. Among your key responsibilities will include:

• Build quality business relationships with new and existing accounts
• Conduct daily face-to-face sales meetings to maintain and develop relationships with distributors, resellers and agents
• Identify new business opportunities and complete sales planning schedule
• Engage in consultative selling by identifying customers’ needs and providing a Portwest solution to meet those needs
• Identify existing customers with high growth potential and create a roadmap for their further development
• Develop clear and effective written proposals/quotations for current and prospective customers
• Focus on selling new Portwest products by bringing samples to each meeting
• Ensure effective after meeting follow up to close sales
• Conduct ongoing development of market intelligence, including marketing events such as trade shows, seminars, exhibitions and journals which is fed back to the business
• Promote distributor promotions on our products with end users

SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS

To become the Area Sales Manager for Ghana you will need:

• 3-5 years PPE, workwear or safety wear sales experience
• Experience selling on behalf of a manufacturer, distributor, reseller or agent is ideal
• Clean driving licence and willingness to drive throughout your designated region
• Willingness to live in the area wherein you work
• Good standard of both written and spoken English to liaise with Irish HQ
• Necessary visa status to travel to Ireland for meetings

REMUNERATION

• We offer a competitive package commensurate with experience.

WHAT TO DO NOW

• Please apply today with an up-to-date CV and cover letter outlining your experience relating to this position. All applications must be in English language.

COMPANY AWARDS

• EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2017
• International and Overall Winner of EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2017
• Ibec KeepWell Mark 2019-2021
• Great Place to Work 2019-2020
• Deloitte Best Managed Companies 2016-2019
• Exporter of the Year 2018
• Private Irish Business of the Year Export Industry Awards 2019
• Safety Awards Customer Service Winner 2016
• All Stars Export Business of the Year 2017