Sales Executive

Koopersmith Professional Services Limited was established with a simple but powerful vision to help businesses make better decisions, remain compliant, unlock opportunities, and grow with confidence.

Today, we serve businesses, investors, development partners, and institutions across Nigeria and Africa by combining technical expertise, commercial insight, and global best practices to deliver practical solutions that create lasting value.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Sales Executive

Location: VI, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary

• We are seeking a confident, outspoken, articulate, and target-driven Sales Executive to join our gifting company. The ideal candidate must be comfortable approaching customers, initiating conversations, promoting products, and converting potential customers into paying clients.
• The successful candidate should be personable, persuasive, well-spoken, and able to communicate confidently with individuals and corporate clients. This role requires someone who is proactive, energetic, and not afraid to approach strangers, introduce the company's products, and create sales opportunities.

Key Responsibilities

• Proactively approach potential customers, introduce the company's products, and generate sales.
• Promote and sell gift items, gift boxes, hampers, customised gifts, and corporate gifting packages.
• Engage customers confidently, understand their needs, and recommend suitable gifting options.
• Initiate conversations with prospective customers both in person and through phone calls, social media, and other sales channels.
• Identify and pursue new business opportunities, including corporate clients, event planners, individuals, and organisations.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with existing and prospective customers.
• Follow up on enquiries, prepare quotations, negotiate prices where necessary, and close sales.
• Meet assigned sales targets and contribute to the company's revenue growth.
• Provide excellent customer service and ensure a positive customer experience from enquiry to delivery.
• Maintain accurate records of customer interactions, sales activities, orders, and follow-ups.
• Work with the operations team to ensure orders are processed and delivered accurately and on time.
• Stay informed about the company's products, pricing, promotions, and gifting trends.

Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• Achievement of monthly sales targets.
• Number of new customers acquired.
• Number of prospective customers approached and followed up.
• Conversion rate from enquiries to completed sales.
• Growth in repeat purchases and customer referrals.
• Number of new corporate accounts secured.
• Customer satisfaction and quality of service.

Requirements and Qualifications

• Minimum of an OND or HND in Business Administration, Marketing, Sales, or a related field; relevant experience may be considered.
• Previous experience in sales, customer service, retail, or business development is an advantage.
• Must be outspoken, articulate, confident, and comfortable approaching customers without hesitation.
• Excellent verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
• Must be persuasive, friendly, presentable, and able to engage different categories of customers.
• Ability to initiate conversations, pitch products effectively, handle objections, and close sales.
• Must be proactive and comfortable with direct selling, prospecting, and customer follow-ups.
• Strong negotiation, relationship-building, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently, take initiative, and meet sales targets.
• Basic computer literacy and familiarity with WhatsApp, social media, and digital communication tools.
• A genuine interest in gifts, hampers, lifestyle products, and customer experience.

Key Competencies:

• Confidence and assertiveness
• Excellent spoken communication
• Customer engagement and persuasion
• Proactive selling and prospecting
• Negotiation and closing skills
• Relationship management
• Professionalism and personal presentation
• Target orientation and resilience

Ideal Candidate Profile:

• We are looking for someone who is not shy about selling. The ideal candidate should be able to walk up to a potential customer, greet them warmly, introduce the company's products, explain their value, and confidently encourage a purchase.
• The person must be well-spoken, bold, persuasive, approachable, and comfortable speaking with people from different backgrounds. We need a salesperson who takes initiative, creates opportunities rather than waiting for customers to come, and understands that confidence, communication, and persistence are essential to success in sales.

Salary
N150,000 - N200,000 per month.