Acting as a point of contact between customers and companies Negotiating terms of sales and agreements and closing sales with customers Gathering market and customer information to figure out the customer needs Responding to customer queries and resolving their objections to get them to make a purchase Advising product developers on improvements to include in forthcoming product developments and discussing special promotions Creating proposal documents as part of the formal bidding procedure Inspecting inventory in stock and the quality of the product on display Providing customers with detailed and accurate quotations and cost calculations