Responsible for selling, marketing, promoting and demonstrating products. Pursues product applications utilizing personal knowledge, internal specialists or other internal resources, vendor representatives and other available sources. Gathers and reports to management information regarding the company, competitors, pricing, products and current and future market trends as well as assists management ,implementing sales strategies and developing new markets.
Sales Skills for the Workplace
There are some retail sales skills that aren’t usually listed on a resume, but are still important for sales employees. Ensure you have these five skills to achieve success in sales.
Diplomacy
Unfortunately, sales associates have a bad reputation due to marketing tactics like spam emails and robocalls. As a result, you sometimes have to deal with customers who are angry before you’ve even said anything.
An elderly lady watches as her husband pays for the groceries
An outgoing personality helps keep clients happy.
You need diplomatic skills to respond appropriately to customers who want to take out their own troubles on you. Sometimes, you can make a sale despite their initial unwillingness to engage with you by being diplomatic.