MANUFACTURER'S SALES REPRESENTATIVE

Sell goods to businesses, government agencies, and other organizations. Contact customers, explain the features of the products you are selling, negotiate prices, and answer any questions that your customers may have about the products.

Duties

· Identify prospective customers by using business directories, following leads from existing clients, and attending trade shows and conferences

· Contact new and existing customers to discuss their needs and explain how specific products and services can meet these needs

· Help customers select products to meet customers’ needs, product specifications, and regulations

· Emphasize product features that will meet customers’ needs, and exhibit the capabilities and limitations of their products

· Answer customers’ questions about the prices, availability, and uses of the products they are selling

· Negotiate prices and terms of sales and service agreements

· Prepare sales contracts and submit orders for processing

· Collaborate with colleagues to exchange information, such as information on selling strategies and marketing information

· Follow up with customers to make sure that they are satisfied with their purchases and to answer any questions or concerns they might have