Sales Analyst
FLOORWORLD LLC
Total years of experience :5 years, 5 Months
• Generated inquiries, converted them to quotes and finally to sales orders using standard company ERPS and follow up with phone calls and emails.
• Closed an average of 15 sales calls each quarter.
• Analyzed and created performance metrics for daily sales, product and market segments.
• Responsible for designing and performing ad hoc reporting on customer information, cost of goods sold and product information.
• Analyzing sales data of past years to estimate future sales.
• Performing SWOT analysis for finding areas to improve and capitalize on company strengths.
• Promptly resolved all customer requests, questions and complaints.
• Maintained invoices, issued new invoices and followed up for the payment of pending invoices.
• Worked closely with project managers, monitored progress and updated supervisors regularly on project and budget status.
• Make budget estimates for upcoming projects and came up with recommendations that tailored financial and budgeting discrepancies in ongoing projects.
• Under the direction of Head of Finance, I produced the financial status of the college of business to the University senate.
• Ensured that contractors and department organs provide all documentation which included budget proposals, contracts and any correspondence related to finance.
• Regularly investigated, proposed and followed up with implementation of cost saving approaches to different projects and departmental targets.
• Attend client meetings and assist with determination of Project requirements.
• Assisted the project manager and knowledge management officer in drafting and issuance of project proposals, request for proposals (RFPs), tenders, budgets, cash flows and preliminary schedules.
• Prepare project organization and communication charts.
• Chaired site meetings and communicate minutes to all team members.
• Track the progress and quality of work being performed by design disciplines/trades.
• Use project scheduling and control tools to monitor plans, budgets and expenditures.
• Effectively communicate relevant project information to management and project team.
• Keep project Manager and others informed about project status and issues that may impact client and sponsor relations.
• Review field inspection reports from consulting experts throughout project life cycle.
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