Product Sales Lead needed at Vendease

Job Summary

Vendease is launching an innovative restaurant management software that streamlines operations, enhances customer experience, and drives profitability for restaurants. Our platform offers features such as inventory management, order processing, customer relationship management, and analytics. As a Product Sales Lead, you will be tasked with managing the teams across Nigeria as we scale our sales throughout Nigeria.

Job Details

•  Leadership & Strategy: Lead a national team of sales associates, driving sales and market penetration across the restaurant industry. Develop and implement strategies for revenue growth and market expansion.
• Operational Excellence: Manage the creation and supervision of sales pipelines, ensuring team efficiency and client satisfaction. Oversee budget management and strategic initiatives for expansion.
• Client Relationship Management: Build and maintain strong relationships with key clients, ensuring high levels of customer satisfaction and loyalty.
• Sales Performance: Monitor sales metrics and performance, identifying areas for improvement and implementing corrective actions as needed.
• Customer Obsession: Maintain a customer-first approach, ensuring that customer needs and feedback are central to decision-making processes.

Required Skills & Competencies

• Strategic Insight & Customer Centricity: Demonstrate the ability to think long-term and globally, ensuring decisions prioritize customer satisfaction and engagement.
• Ownership & Accountability: Exhibit a strong sense of ownership and accountability, making decisions with the company’s long-term interest in mind, and seeing projects through from inception to completion.
• Innovative Problem-Solving: Display inventiveness, simplicity in solutions, and the ability to tackle complex challenges with creative problem-solving.
• Data-Driven Decision Making: Use rigorous logic and methods to solve difficult problems with effective solutions, leveraging data to inform and justify decisions.
• Adaptability & Continuous Learning: Show eagerness to learn new technologies and business models, adapting quickly to changing environments and acquiring new skills to stay ahead.
• Team Leadership & Development: Commitment to hiring, mentoring, and motivating the best talent, fostering a culture of high performance and continuous improvement.
• CRM Proficiency: Experience with CRM systems to enhance customer relationships and sales tracking.
• Sales Strategy & Execution: Deep understanding of sales strategies and the ability to implement effective sales processes.

Requirements

• Sales Execution: Actively engage with potential clients, conduct product demonstrations, and close sales to meet or exceed targets.
• Market Research: Identify new business opportunities and stay informed about market trends and competitors.
• Client Relationship Management: Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, ensuring high levels of customer satisfaction and loyalty.
• Pipeline Management: Maintain accurate records of sales activities and manage the sales pipeline using CRM software.
• Customer Feedback: Gather and relay customer feedback to the product development team to help refine and improve the software.
• Team Collaboration: Work closely with the Product Sales Lead and other cross functional team members to achieve collective goals and contribute to team success.