What are a Sales Manager Responsibilities: Responsible for: Teaching, Leading and Developing a sales team Creating sales plans Setting goals/quotas coordinating sales operations implementing sales techniques that allow the business to meet and surpass its sales targets consistently work with big profile customers evaluate budgets determine ways to simplify and improve the sales processes developing and implementing strategic plans that expand our customer base achieve growth and exceeding sales targets by managing a sales team, by assessing the teams’ strengths and weaknesses developing and implementing new sales initiatives, strategies and programmes to capture key demographics providing daily reports of field sales success and communicating to superiors Tasks include: assigning sales territories mentoring members of the sales team setting quotas assigning sales training hiring and firing salespeople building sales plans set goals identify priorities and eliminate redundant activities to increase sales Sales Manager skills and qualifications: They will be the driving force behind the sales team and skills must include: Ability to communicate, inspire and motivate Proven ability to drive the sales process from plan to close Excellent mentoring, coaching and good people management skills Excellent time management skills to maximise their ability to reach goals Ability to identify, recruit and hire talented sales reps Required Experience: three to five years’ experience working in field sales have a successful track record in leading a sales team to achieve its goals. able to identify opportunities in sales and profits possess knowledge to motivate a sales team to achieve/exceed set sales targets skilled in data analysis/reporting confidently manage customers using customer relationship management (CRM) Education and training requirements Applicants needs to have several years of experience in sales, have started as sales representatives and growing into a managerial position. OPTIONAL: Ideal candidate should have a master’s degree in Business Administration.