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Lead Conversion Specialist

Worklyn Global

Sales

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Job summary

We are seeking a highly driven, commercially minded Lead Conversion Specialist to join a growing automotive business in Lagos. This is a lead-driven and conversion sales and customer acquisition role for someone who understands that generating leads is only the beginning.

Min Qualification: HND Experience Level: Entry level Experience Length: 2 years Language Requirement: English Working Hours: Full Time - 8 to 5 Applicant Location: Lagos, Nigeria

Job descriptions & requirements

Responsibilities:

Lead Management & Conversion:

  • Take ownership of incoming leads and customer enquiries from multiple channels.
  • Respond promptly and professionally to new enquiries through phone calls, WhatsApp, email, social media, and other communication channels.
  • Contact, qualify, and segment prospects based on their needs, buying intent, budget, timeline, and vehicle requirements.
  • Follow up consistently with prospects who have expressed interest but have not yet converted.
  • Develop structured follow-up strategies to move prospects through the sales funnel.
  • Identify high-intent prospects and prioritise them appropriately.
  • Re-engage cold, inactive, or previously unresponsive leads.
  • Maintain accurate records of every prospect and the status of each opportunity.
  • Ensure no qualified lead is neglected, forgotten, or left without appropriate follow-up.
  • Track prospects from initial enquiry through consultation, test drive, quotation, negotiation, booking, payment, and final conversion.


Customer Acquisition & Sales:

  • Convert qualified leads into vehicle sales and other relevant automotive business opportunities.
  • Understand customer requirements and recommend suitable vehicles, products, or services.
  • Clearly communicate vehicle features, benefits, pricing, financing options, availability, and value propositions.
  • Conduct persuasive product presentations and sales conversations.
  • Arrange and coordinate test drives, showroom visits, consultations, and other customer interactions.
  • Prepare and follow up on quotations, proposals, and commercial offers.
  • Negotiate professionally with prospects while protecting the company's commercial interests.
  • Handle objections relating to price, financing, vehicle specifications, availability, competitors, and purchase timing.
  • Identify opportunities to upsell or cross-sell relevant automotive products and services.
  • Maintain relationships with prospects who are not immediately ready to purchase and nurture them toward future conversion.


Social Media & Digital Lead Generation

The role will have a strong connection to the company's digital and social media activities.

You will:

  • Monitor leads and enquiries generated from Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube, WhatsApp, websites, online campaigns, and other digital platforms.
  • Respond to prospective customers who engage with automotive content.
  • Identify potential buyers from social media interactions, comments, direct messages, enquiries, and campaign responses.
  • Work closely with the Marketing and Social Media teams to understand which campaigns and content generate the strongest leads.
  • Provide feedback on the quality and intent of leads generated from different platforms.
  • Recommend content, campaigns, offers, or customer engagement strategies that could improve lead generation and conversion.
  • Follow up on social media enquiries and move interested prospects from online interaction into direct sales conversations.
  • Identify recurring customer questions and objections and provide insights that can improve future content and campaigns.
  • Support the development of customer-focused digital sales initiatives.


Sales Funnel Management:

  • Maintain a clear and up-to-date pipeline of prospects.
  • Categorise leads according to stages such as new enquiry, contacted, qualified, interested, test drive scheduled, quotation sent, negotiation, booking, and converted.
  • Monitor movement of leads through the sales funnel.
  • Identify where prospects are dropping off and recommend strategies to improve conversion.
  • Track conversion rates and follow-up performance.
  • Ensure prospects receive timely communication at every stage of the customer journey.
  • Maintain accurate information in the company's CRM, lead management system, spreadsheets, or other designated tools.


Customer Relationship Management:

  • Build strong and professional relationships with prospective and existing customers.
  • Understand customer needs and provide personalised recommendations.
  • Maintain communication throughout the buying journey.
  • Deliver an excellent customer experience from first contact through purchase and after-sales follow-up.
  • Follow up with customers after purchase to strengthen relationships and encourage referrals and repeat business.
  • Develop a strong network of potential customers, corporate clients, fleet customers, and other relevant business contacts.


Business Development:

  • Identify new customer acquisition opportunities within the automotive market.
  • Research and identify potential individual, corporate, fleet, and institutional customers.
  • Develop relationships with potential business partners and referral sources.
  • Explore opportunities for corporate vehicle sales, fleet purchases, leasing, mobility solutions, and other relevant business opportunities.
  • Monitor competitors, market trends, customer preferences, pricing, and emerging opportunities.
  • Provide recommendations to management on opportunities for improving customer acquisition and sales conversion.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree, HND, or equivalent qualification in Business Administration, Marketing, Sales, Communications, or a related discipline.
  • 2–5 years of relevant experience in sales, business development, customer acquisition, lead conversion, inside sales, client relationship management, or a similar commercial role.
  • Experience in automotive, mobility, vehicle sales, dealership, financial services, real estate, telecommunications, technology, or another lead-driven sales environment is an advantage.
  • Proven experience working with sales leads and converting prospects into customers.
  • Experience using CRM systems, lead management platforms, spreadsheets, or sales tracking tools.
  • Strong understanding of digital and social media lead generation is an advantage.


Performance Expectation:

This is a target-driven role.

The successful candidate will be expected to demonstrate measurable performance across:

  • Number of leads contacted
  • Lead response time
  • Number of qualified leads
  • Follow-up activity
  • Appointments and consultations generated
  • Test drives scheduled
  • Quotations generated
  • Sales pipeline value
  • Lead-to-customer conversion rate
  • Number of successful conversions
  • Revenue generated
  • Customer acquisition
  • Re-engagement of inactive leads
  • Customer retention and referrals


Key Competencies

We are looking for someone who:

  • Has a strong sales and customer acquisition mindset.
  • Enjoys working with leads and turning enquiries into sales.
  • Is persistent without being aggressive.
  • Is confident communicating with customers by phone, WhatsApp, email, and in person.
  • Can handle objections and difficult customer conversations professionally.
  • Understands sales funnels and customer buying journeys.
  • Is highly organised with strong follow-up discipline.
  • Can manage multiple prospects simultaneously without losing track of opportunities.
  • Is commercially aware and motivated by targets and results.
  • Can identify buying signals and prioritise high-value opportunities.
  • Understands how social media and digital platforms can generate business leads.
  • Is comfortable working with CRM systems, spreadsheets, or lead management tools.
  • Has strong negotiation and persuasion skills.
  • Can work independently while collaborating effectively with Marketing, Sales, Customer Service, Finance, and other teams.
  • Is proactive and willing to take ownership rather than waiting to be instructed.
  • Has the ability to turn customer conversations into commercial opportunities

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