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.