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Sales Manager (Sales Manager )

Overview

Reference
Sales Manager

Salary
ZAR/week

Job Location
-- South Africa

Job Type
Permanent

Posted
02 May 2024


Our client is looking for a Sales Manager to join their team. The purpose of the role is to serve to manage the sales and marketing function for our client. Manage and develop the team into a high-performance unit that will grow our client's sales effort locally and internationally. Develop processes and systems to achieve this effort. Also develop and implement a robust marketing plan for our client in conjunction with the executive team and our client's outside suppliers. Ultimate responsibility for setting, monitoring and achieving sales targets for the company.

Responsibilities:

  • Overall responsibility for sales and marketing, reporting directly to the CEO.

  • Develop, monitor and achieve sales targets

  • Lead and develop the sales team

  • Investigate and initiate new customers as well as new areas of business

  • Develop a robust annual marketing plan and then implement same.

  • Ensure proper communication between sales, R&D and production to ensure the divisions work seamlessly together for the benefit of the company

  • Work with the CEO to cultivate new corporate customers and OEMs

  • Monitor and actively intervene in customer satisfaction and service levels

  • Act as the person of second-last resort in resolving customer complaints.  The CEO is the last resort

Key Skills:

  • Hands on experience with CRM software and MS Office (MS Excel in particular) and SYSPRO.

  • Understanding of sales performance metrics.

  • Ability to work under strict deadlines and timelines.

  • Strong leadership skills with ability to work across cultures and different levels.

  • Excellent organizational and multitasking skills.

  • Attention to detail.

  • Professionally presentable.

  • Applying knowledge and expertise

  • Taking Initiative

  • Adapting to Change

  • Organizational Ability

  • Decision Making

  • Thinking and Innovation

  • Quality Delivery

  • Managing Others/Leadership Ability

  • Interpersonal Relations

  • Individual Attributes

Qualifications:

  • Proven work experience as a Sales Manager and/or Marketing Manager.  Motor industry experience would be an advantage.


Contact information

Tamlyn Redmond