Sales Representatives

Key Tasks

• •Promoting and selling their company's goods and services such as building and plumbing supplies, business services, motor vehicle parts and accessories, and personal and household goods
• •Acquiring and updating knowledge of employer's and competitors' goods and services, and market conditions
• •Using directories and other sources to compile lists of prospective business clients
• •Visiting clients and retail outlets to establish selling opportunities
• •Quoting prices and credit terms, recording orders and arranging deliveries
• •Following up clients and ensuring satisfaction with goods and services and resolving any problems
• •Monitoring clients' changing needs and competitor activity and reporting on these developments to sales and marketing management
• •Preparing sales reports
• •Maintaining and submitting records of business expenses incurred

Employment Projections to 2034