Sales Representative for Manufacturing Company 

Based in Blackheath

This role requires a bubbly, outgoing and self-motivated person with the ability to achieve targets set. The candidate must be able to maintain professional business relationships to ensure future sales.

Responsibilities

• Actively service existing client base face to face on a monthly, quarterly, biannual and annual basis.
• Actively source new clients.
• Keep updated with the opposition’s clients, who they supply and what they supply
• Ensure emails, orders, costings and quotes gets done timeously.
• Generate reports as requested 
• Daily admins follow up critical i.e., admin, client visits, quotes, costings etc
• Assist with collections when required.
• Assist with delivery issues.
• Assist with account issues.
• General office assistance when required. Walk in clients, telephonic queries, load orders, assist with general office admin.
• Attend weekly meetings.
• On the job training includes time spent in factory understanding the manufacturing process as well as files of information on company and products

Hours:

Mon-Thurs: 07h30 – 17h00 / Friday: 07h30 – 16h00

Candidate requirements

• Ability to cold call on new business essential. (Own client base in industry a plus)
• Preferably familiar with manufacturer, supplier environment.
• Should preferably come from the packaging or agri industry and would be dealing with the same buyers.
• Strong admin skills essential with great attention to detail.
• Ability to get along with staff, clients a must.
• Ability to network essential.
• Strong relationship building skills.
• Bilingual essential.
• Neat and presentable – must be an energetic person.
• Computer Literate: Outlook, Excel, Palmate, Anydesk, and Bluwave (training will be provided for Palmate & Bluwave).
• Matric