· maintaining and developing relationships with existing customers via meetings, telephone calls and emails
· visiting potential customers to prospect for new business
· acting as a contact between a company and its existing and potential markets
· negotiating the terms of an agreement and closing sales
· gathering market and customer information
· negotiating variations in price, delivery and specifications with managers
· gaining a clear understanding of customers' businesses and requirements
· making accurate, rapid cost calculations, and providing customers with quotations
