Where they work
Business/Marketing/Sales Department
The activities
- Sales staff will perform direct contact with customers, answer questions about products – services, and persuade customers to help customers choose the right products – services to increase revenue. for companies.
- Sale staff must be responsible for:
- For direct sales positions at stores, showrooms, etc., sales staff need to consult, introduce directly to customers as well as monitor the speed of product and service consumption in the field. agri-food, collect data, and report information on food products.
- Pay attention and learn about market fluctuations in the field of agriculture and food to understand the needs of customers, thereby increasing sales productivity, increasing business revenue.
- Searching for customers, giving a list of individuals and organizations (mainly agents and grocery stores dealing in the field of agriculture and food) who are in need of buying the products that their business provides. provide, negotiate quotes and negotiate related issues when customers buy products and services of your business.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree in Food Technology or Postharvest technology
Technical skills
- Specialized knowledge
- They need master the information related to the products and services that your business provides: product code, origin, color, design, use, usage, …
- Specialized skills
- They must have the ability to predict and analyze the company’s product market. They can establish plans to solve practical situations in the food business.
Computer and linguistic knowledge
- Sales staff need to have good computer skills to make reports and summarize data clearly and easily.
- Depending on the customer, the foreign language requirements are also different for sales staff. However, they do need a basic level of English to communicate when required.
Personality and availability
- Soft skills
- The ability to communicate and negotiate: this is one of the most important skills for a salesperson because this skill helps sales staff to approach, exchange and negotiate with customers, and build relationships with customers, helping customers to trust when buying and using products.
- Personal qualities and Availabilities for the activity
- Flexibility and responsiveness: sales staff to be able to exchange and advise on suitable solutions for customers need to be flexible and sensitive to the needs of customers.
- Withstand work pressure: everyday sales staff have to interact with customers and sometimes they also have to face rejection or unfriendly attitudes from customers.
- Sale staffs need to go on business when required to understand the market as well as develop new products.