Sales Assistant

Job summary / objective:
To provide sales support in building a pipeline of leads. Responsible for generating leads through phone calls, text message and emails. For any candidates that excel in this role, there are account management opportunities.
Responsibilities & duties:
• Research, track, maintain and update leads
• Make outgoing calls to develop new business
• Contact prospects to qualify leads
• Direct email marketing to key clients and prospects
• Research and maintain lead generation database
• Conduct customer research including updating email, phone numbers and correct purchasing contact information.
• Obtain business information to set up wholesale access
• Participate in the preparation of proposals and / or sales presentations
• Provide accurate and timely information to management
• Develop a strong knowledge of the company’s products and services in order to facilitate the sales process
Skills / attributes required:
• Excellent English communication (verbal and written)
• Experience with cold calling
• Experience with research and maintaining databases
• Proficient in google suite
• Experience in using CRM
• Experience working with Western companies (preferred)
Qualifications / experience required:
1-2 years of cold calling experience