Sales Representative

Introduction

Must show ability to prioritise and plan activities, be influential and show good negotiation skills. Good interpersonal skills and be a good listener. Canvass new customers and still maintain the relationships of the existing customer database.

• Maintain relationships with existing customers through regular review visits and sales calls.
• Identify and visit new customers to introduce products and gain new customers.
• Gain product knowledge
• Attend site meetings and product meetings
• Deliver samples to customers
• Gathering of market and customer information and communicating this to management.
• Keeping customer database up to date.
• Advising on forthcoming product developments and discussing special promotions.
• Checking the quantity of goods in stock.
• Recording order on order forms and on Sage Evolution.
• Follow up on orders placed
• Recording visits to customers on Sage Evolution Incidents.
• Gaining a clear understanding of customers’ businesses and requirements.
• Proactively develop opportunities for all our products.
• Consistently meet and exceed targets set.
• Identify market trends and look how the company can adapt to these.
• Assist with Office Sales enquiries and Tenders
• Assist with Saturday marketing campaign and or overtime
• Anything else your Manager requires you to do

Desired Experience & Qualification

• Matric/ Grade 12

• Hardware, Construction materials or similar sector working experience.

• Outlook, Excel, Word, Pastel, Sage 200, Sage Evolution

• Dependent on experience, from R12,000 per month, cost to company during training period, thereafter a smaller basic plus commission to be negotiated
• Sars rate per km used to reimburse travel costs on behalf of the company