Sales Manager Full Time Permanent

Sales Manager – Germiston

A busy steel service centre requires and experienced Sales Manager to join their busy sales office in Germiston, Gauteng.

Qualifications:

• Completed Grade or equivalent

Experience and requirements:

• Have more than 8 years’ experience as a sales manager in the cut to size profiling experience
• Minimum 8 years’ experience in sales function
• Able to read and interpret technical drawings and have experience as a Draughts person
• Computer literate
• Sales Administration and Management experience
• Ability to add value, reduce costs and make business improvements
• Strong Analytical Skills to identify trends and patterns
• Pressure resilient and Stress tolerant
• Assertive Leader
• Diligent and Astute
• Functional and/or technical background and knowledge
• Team Player
• Computer literate
• Of sober habits
• A stable work record and contactable references

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide general administration services
• Manage external interfaces
• Manage an effective and efficient sales department
• Increase customer satisfaction
• Achieve sales targets and budgets
• Development of business plans and sales strategies for the market to ensure attainment of company sales goals and profitability.
• Responsible for performance and the development of the Internal Sales team.
• Prepare action plans for individuals as well as team for effective search of sales leads and prospects.
• Initiates and coordinates development of action plans to penetrate new markets.
• Develop and implement strategic action plans to retain existing customers and maintain good customer relations.
• Establish customer needs, build customer relationships, and ensure customer satisfaction
• Conduct one-on-one reviews with the Internals Sales employees to build more effective communication, to understand training and development needs, and to provide insight for the improvement of the Internal Sales team’s sales activity performance
• Provide timely feedback to Top Management regarding performance
• Provides timely, accurate, competitive pricing on all completed prospect orders submitted, while striving to maintain maximum profit margin
• Maintains accurate records of all pricing, sales and activity reports submitted by the Internal Sales team
• Assists Internal Sales team in Preparation of proposals and presentations
• Control expenses to meet budget guidelines and make profit
• Engage with customers on all fabrication projects – suggesting solutions to customers, reviewing drawings (must be able to read drawings/ draughting background) and then quoting the customer
• Ensure that the orders are delivered on time and project manage the order from start to finish.
• Work closely with the Operations team and Dispatch team to ensure that products are delivered on time.

Please do not apply for the position if you do not meet all the requirements. If you have not received feedback within 7 days of submission, please consider your application unsuccessful.

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