Your key tasks as a sales representative would include:
•making appointments to meet new and existing customers
•understanding your customers' needs
•making presentations to promote new products and special deals
•agreeing sales, prices, contracts and payments
•advising customers about delivery schedules and after-sales service
•keeping in contact with existing customers in person and by telephone
•recording orders and sending details to the sales office
•watching your competitors and the products they are offering
•going to conferences and seminars and keeping up with industry trends
•meeting sales targets
•reporting sales trends to your employer