External Sales Representative
Quest
- R25,000 per month
- Permanent Intermediate position
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Cape Town
- Posted 11 Jul 2025 by Quest
- Expires in 33 days
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Job 2616467 - Ref 834592135940153
About the position
Job Description: Consumables Account Manager (External)
Department: Sales - Consumables Division
Reports To: Divisional Manager - Consumables Division
Job Purpose
The Consumables Account Manager is responsible for achieving 100% of monthly and annual sales targets, by driving the sales of all consumable products as well as the Office Automation suite of products to both new and existing clients. The role involves identifying client needs, cross-selling relevant products and services, and ensuring high levels of customer satisfaction and retention.
Key Responsibilities
Sales & Business Development
- Proactively identify and engage potential clients through telephonic or face to face cold calling using the Clients data base or non-Clients data base to achieve your targets.
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with existing customers to ensure repeat business.
- Cross-sell and upsell within your provided base of clients to ensure maximum penetration
- Understand client requirements and recommend appropriate consumables and complementary OA solutions.
- Prepare and present quotations, negotiate pricing, and close sales effectively.
- Work with the Office Automation team in cross collaboration with the aim of supplying leads for conversion.
- Manage a portfolio of customer accounts to meet and exceed sales targets.
- Identify new business opportunities to grow your base.
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date records of all client interactions and transactions.
- Maintain in-depth knowledge of consumables as well as a general overview of Office Automation space.
- Stay informed about product specifications, promotions, and new product releases and ensure cross selling to promote these items and increase margins.
- Provide expert advice to clients on the most suitable consumables for their operational needs.
Desired Skills:
- Office Automation
- External Sales
- Sales
- consumables
- Account Manager
Desired Qualification Level:
Employer & Job Benefits:
Quest
About the agency
For over 50 years, Quest has provided excellent temporary recruitment services.
Our experienced and highly skilled consultants know that you need a flexible and bespoke approach to temporary recruitment to find the right match for your company.
We do more than just recruit, we are also pioneers in specialist recruitment who can help you optimise your recruitment strategy and support you through the entire process. Our consultants pride themselves on building strong and lasting relationships and solidifying our national and local networks.
Enabling business through talent
Quest is South Africa’s leading provider of scalable recruitment and staffing solutions for Frontline customer service, Sales, Marketing and Support staff. Its primary services are Bulk Recruitment Solutions (Perm and temp), Field Marketing Solutions, Human Resource Outsourcing, Recruitment Process Outsourcing and Staff Optimisation Solutions. All of this is geared towards “enabling business through talent”.
B-BBEE Credentials
We are a 59,03% black owned company, with 49,39% black female ownership and a Level 1 B-BBEE Contributor status, allowing for 135% procurement recognition. We have an extensive presence in South Africa and the continent, with a database of over 150 000 qualified candidates.
Our industry experience and extensive IT infrastructure have allowed us to turn talent acquisition into a science. For clients, this means improved request-to-delivery turnaround time; saving money and improving agility. For candidates, this means you are more likely to find an employer who matches your career needs.
Quest has always been at the forefront of innovation in the recruitment industry. Our attitude of constant assessment and adjustment to the needs of the modern business has put us first in South Africa:
- To offer optimised staffing solutions
- To offer specialised call centre staffing solutions
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