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Sales Representative (Hair and Beauty Supplies)

611314 · Light Next-day ready

Career data Close match

Sales representatives sell and promote goods and services to people or businesses.

Most common salary $64k – $105k
Upper salary up to $144k
Training No specific training

Description

Represents a company in selling hair and beauty supplies.

Typical work tasks

Promotes and sells a company's goods and services; acquires and updates knowledge of employer's and competitors' goods and services, and market conditions; uses directories and other sources to compile lists of prospective business clients; visits clients and retail outlets to establish selling opportunities; quotes prices and credit terms, records orders and arranges deliveries; follows up clients and ensures satisfaction with goods and services and resolves any problems; monitors clients' changing needs and competitor activity and reports on these developments to sales and marketing management; prepares sales reports; maintains and submits records of business expenses incurred.

Typical work environment

  • Typically works indoors from a sales office base or car.
  • Works from adequately heated and ventilated offices.

Typical physical and mental demands

  • Sedentary to light physical demand levels.
  • Sits frequently when preparing sales reports, cold calling or discussing products with potential buyers.
  • Frequently meets with potential buyers to present or demonstrate services sometimes at trade fairs and similar promotional events.
  • Stands and walks frequently when on sales trips, to facilitate appointments, presentations and demonstrations.
  • Stretching, twisting, climbing and lifting are not significant components of the job.
  • Bending, squatting or crouching is not a significant component of the job.
  • Repetitive movements will be required when driving and using a computer.
  • Frequently travels to meet potential buyers.
  • Driving in cars is likely to be frequent.
  • Use of hand-held objects is constant and will involve the use of writing implements, telephones, faxes, computers, photocopiers, scanners, calculators and other general office equipment.
  • Mental skills necessary include presentation, selling, product knowledge, communication and negotiation, organisational and planning skills
Entry signal Reviewed

Enter via experience or on-the-job training; no mandatory pre-entry qualification. A licence may be required for some roles or employers. Flagged next-day ready.

Entry barrier Experience or on-job training
Licence / registration Licence may be required
ANZSCO skill level 4
Next-day ready Yes

How this was determined (model-generated): Soft 'likely to be required' Class 1 licence on a goods sales rep is incidental driving => may_be_required, barrier unchanged; next-day ready holds.

Entry Requirements

  • A New Zealand Register Level 2 or 3 qualification or at least one year of relevant experience (ANZSCO Skill Level 4). In some cases particular experience and/or on-job training may be required. For entry-level positions on-the-job training is sufficient.
  • A Class 1 Car Driver’s License is likely to be required.

Further Comments

There are opportunities for flexibility of movement