Sales Manager (Steel and Tube) Full Time Job

Sales Manager (Steel and Tube) required in Wetton, Cape Town.

Our client, a retail steel and hardware outlet, is looking to employ a candidate with recent sales management experience.

Minimum Requirements:

• Minimum of 3-4 years’ experience required in the Steel and Tube retail industry – preferably in a sales Management position.
• Syspro experience will be advantageous.
• Able to work under pressure.
• Manage a team of internal and external salespeople.
• Strong management and trading skills required.
• Must reside in Wetton.
• Must have a valid drivers’ license.
• Must be sales and growth driven and lead teams to achieve exceptional results.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensuring that budgeted sales targets are met for internal and external sales.
• Opening and following up on new accounts and loyalty accounts.
• Making sure that all customer details are updated on the system, should anything change.
• Assist debtors’ lady with any account queries.
• Processing of invoices.
• Setting specials and monitoring of slow-moving stock daily.
• Assist sales’ people with delivery issues.
• Follow-up on deliveries to customers.
• Answering of incoming calls and converting enquiries into sales
• Following up on leads.
• Ensure that all walk-in accounts and cash customers are served promptly by all sales staff.
• Handling of customer complaints.
• Updating and correcting cost/selling prices on the computer.
• Updating discount matrix on a regular basis.
• Regularly update price comparison with competitors and forward to management.
• Regularly evaluate the account customers buying experience and propose adjustments when necessary.
• Maintaining and updating of customer data base for marketing purposes.
• Make sure all customers are visited monthly by external sales.
• Make sure all customers are contacted monthly by internal sales.
• Ensure all manual invoices are processed on Syspro daily.
• Ensure all credit notes are signed off and authorized daily.
• Ensure all Eft payments have been authorized before stock is released.
• Ensure money is received for all COD deliveries and update the register.
• Ensure all credit notes are processed on Syspro before cash refunds are given.