Contact centre salespersons contact existing and prospective customers, using the telephone or other electronic communications media, to promote goods and services, obtain sales and arrange sales visits. They may work from a customer contact centre or from non-centralised premises.
Skill level:
Semi-skilled
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- Salary range for the majority of workers in Contact centre salespersons - from $1,431 to $3,909 per month - 2024.
- A Contact centre salespersons typically earns between $1,431 and $2,800 gross per month at the start of the job.
- After 5 years of service, this is between $1,502 and $3,087 per month for a working week of 40 hours.
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Tasks and duties
- Promoting goods and services by telephone or electronic mail, following scripts and working from lists of contacts
- Creating interest in goods and services, and seeking a sale or an agreement to see sales representatives
- Arranging processing and dispatch of goods and services, information kits and brochures to customers
- Arranging appointments for sales representatives
- Recording notes for follow-up action and updating marketing databases to reflect changes to the status of each customer
- Reporting competitor activities and issues raised by contacts for attention by managers
- Maintaining statistics of calls made and successes achieved
- Submitting periodic reports on telemarketing activities and results
