- Contacting potential customers
- Reading from a prescribed script
- Focusing on customer needs to close sales
- Documenting customer information, purchases, and reactions
- Managing databases
- Generating new business
- Managing accounts
- Meeting targets
- Proven experience as telesales representative or other sales/customer service role
- Proven track record of successfully meeting sales quota preferably over the phone
- Good knowledge of relevant computer programs (e.g. CRM software) and telephone systems
- Ability to learn about products and services and describe/explain them to prospects
- Excellent knowledge of English
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Cool-tempered and able to handle rejection
- Outstanding negotiation skills with the ability to resolve issues and address complaints
- High school diploma; BSc/BA will be a plus
