Today we are looking for a sales assistant to join our talented team in Singapore. This role will be part time for 12-30 hrs per week and includes shifts at weekends and evenings.

As a sales assistant you will have the chance to offer customers a high level of service by

• Starting conversations with customers
• Selling products at the cash desk, fitting rooms and on the shop floor
• Processing deliveries
• Stock replenishment
• Merchandising the latest garments on the shop floor

The Visa Cross Border Solutions (VXBS) team is charged with leading the design, build, and commercialization of best-in-class flexible enterprise-wide FX, virtual accounts, and currency management solutions as we seek to meet the growing and increasingly diversified needs of clients moving funds around the world. In addition, VXBS includes the commercialization of Currencycloud, our recently acquired cloud-based embedded cross border money movement infrastructure solution and the integration of these capabilities into Visa platforms & solutions.

VXBS is a key enabler of Visa’s seamless cross-border commerce. Historically, VXBS has delivered the systems, processes and capabilities to support foreign exchange services for our Issuer and Acquirer Clients around the world, and managed and executed settlement of consumer purchases in 28 currencies every day. As our network and our business expands, including with the introduction of Commercial and Money Movement Solutions (Visa B2B Connect, Visa Direct, and Visa Government Services) and use-cases involving global money movement, rapidly evolving consumer expectations with fintech, wallets and neobanks, new distribution models like open banking demanding API based multicurrency solutions, and new settlement models leveraging crypto beginning to enter mainstream, our capabilities are adapting to meet clients’ needs and support our vision for Visa to be the embedded cross border payments facilitator across a range of use cases – Purchase Flows, New Payment Flows, and Off-Visa Flows.

What a Sales Consultant does at Visa:

• Research and identify potential clients, identify decision makers & qualify leads to build a strong pipeline of relevant opportunities and deliver against sales targets

• Call and meet with prospective clients to understand their challenges and the positive impact Currencycloud can have on their business so that you can outline the benefits and demonstrate the value of our platform (we advocate “Gap Selling”)

• Negotiate and close contracts with clients to meet revenue targets, setting clients off on a path to success, resulting in sustainable revenue streams

• Manage and report against activity, pipeline, and sales metrics

• Work with Compliance, Solutions, Customer Success and Account Management team members to provide a smooth onboarding and handover of accounts post sale

• Use insight from the Fintech and Payments market to help drive Currencycloud business strategy towards successfully expanding into your focus segment(s)

• Be seen as the Thought Leader and go-to expert for your segment(s) both internally and externally to industry participants.

Why this is important to Visa

You will be working closely with the Marketing, Demand Generation and the Strategy Team to lead and drive the development of Currencycloud market segments. Through using various tools and resources, the Sales Consultant will collaborate with other teams to validate the Product Market Fit (PMF) and help determine the Total Addressable Market of their specialist segment.

This is a remote position. A remote position does not require job duties be performed within proximity of a Visa office location. Remote positions may be required to be present at a Visa office with scheduled notice.

• Conduct market research to identify selling possibilities and evaluate customer needs
• Actively seek out new sales opportunities through cold calling, networking and social media
• Set up meetings with potential clients and listen to their wishes and concerns
• Prepare and deliver appropriate presentations on products and services
• Create frequent reviews and reports with sales and financial data
• Ensure the availability of stock for sales and demonstrations
• Participate on behalf of the company in exhibitions or conferences
• Negotiate/close deals and handle complaints or objections
• Collaborate with team members to achieve better results
• Gather feedback from customers or prospects and share with internal teams

Job Description

• Responsible for maintaining and developing new business with existing customers.

• Secure new customers through tele-marketing, visitations and follow ups.

• Procurement of rates from overseas offices, agents and approved local vendors.

• Preparation of quotations and participation of RFQ, tender bids when required.

• Achieving the annual sales target.

• Reporting to the Head of Sales and working closely with on commercial activities and business development.

• Submission of CRM reports.

• Have own clientele base is most welcome.

Requirements

• Minimum 2 years of sales experience in freight forwarding.

• Independent and driven to plan and generate sales.

• Good proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel and Word)

• Team player, able to work with fellow colleagues.