Sales Representative

About the position

Sales Representative
Gauteng Region
Manufacturing

Minimum Requirements

• Matric
• 2+ years external business to business sales experience
• Driver's license

Overview of duties

• Canvassing and opening of new customer accounts based on their viability as future customers.
• Monitor monthly sales per customer using the Sales Management process.
• Daily extrapolation of sales information from the SAP system to assess actual units against target units and implement a plan of action if necessary.
• Provide monthly feedback to the Regional Manager on all activities relating to the customer.
• Introduce new marketing and promotion ideas and assist the customer in aligning its strategy with that of the Company (Marketing Strategy)
• Appropriate support in master and dynamic route planning in collaboration with Warehouse staff and Value Logistics.
• Host regular trade evenings and suitable entertainment in order to promote the product and grow/ develop customer relations.
• Initiate and monitor all promotional activity in order to develop and grow existing customer base and market share in consultation with the customer and Regional Manager.
• Assist with the credit application process.
• Co-responsible with debtors for effective, timeous collection of outstanding debtors' monies.
• In collaboration with debtors, ensure that all outstanding debtors are less than 45 days at all times.
• Assist debtor's staff in resolving customer queries.
• Pro-actively manage customers with potentially high risk for the Company and liaise with debtors in respect of any action planning that needs to be done.
• Responsible for ensuring that vehicles and other company equipment are maintained in accordance with company policy and procedure.

Salary Bracket
R20 000 to R26 000 per month basic (depending on experience, qualification(s) and current / previous package)
+ Commission
+ Company car + fuel

Desired Skills:

• sales