Gima Sales Representative - Midrand, South Africa - Saint Gobain

Saint Gobain

Verified Company

Midrand, South Africa

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Thabo Mthembu

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Description

The Role

To deliver top line sales revenue and maximise retail accounts performance, in line with Company objectives and strategy. The job incumbent will be working as part of an integrated inland regional team to drive product proposition to retailers in order to develop customer satisfaction and to facilitate demand generation and satisfaction at retail level.

Requirements Qualifications required to fulfil the role**- Matriculation, including English and Maths

Degree, Diploma or relevant industry qualification in construction/building disciplines is preferred, or equivalent industry experience.
Willingness to undertake relevant higher qualification is desirable
Driver licence
Fluent command of English and Afrikaans language prefered

Specific Work Experience, Knowledge and Skills required to fulfil the role

3 years experience in a customer facing role essential
Commercial awareness ability to identify opportunities and action
Operating within a business environment
Broader understanding of economic drivers preferred
Success at selling new concepts and products
Ownership of and engagement with continuous self development
Proven technical competence understanding of technical concepts and ability to translate for commercial benefit
Construction market experience and knowledge of procurement routes

Additional Requirements Sales strategy execution**- Actively engaging and selling GIMA products and solutions to retail merchants in order to deliver sales revenue and to ensure that order placements are met.

Building sustainable customer relationships in order to maximise market advantage. This is to be achieved by focusing on retail merchants and their sales teams to actively and jointly secure market and project opportunities, through engagement with retailer's contractors and developers to develop and implement end user agreements, leading to sustainable & profitable growth for GIMA and channel partners.
Articulate how our offer stands out, offer technical expertise and advice on the advantages of our comprehensive product in order to communicate the value proposition to the customer.
Enhance product mix in order to show value add to the customer base and in alignment with company strategy.
Achievement of local demand forecast in line with regional KPI.
Awareness of broader SG proposition to pass on potential opportunities presented.

Administration

Responsibility for achievement of debt management within area of responsibility.
Merchandising as and when required to ensure complete product offering is displayed and is understandable to end user.
Update CRM in terms of visits, projects, customer info and market intelligence in order to ensure the company is able to draw accurate business information for decision making.
Adherence to strict ethical codes of conduct and maintenance of confidentiality at all times.
Adherence to Company reporting procedure/commercial admin systems, offering appropriate feedback and information.
Compilation and submission of Customer Support Agreements in line with Sales Policy.
Responsibility for safety aspects within area of responsibility.
Manage product performance issues inline with Company guidelines.
Provide timeous input into management reports as and when required to Regional Retail Sales Manager.

Operational Support

Assist marketing to launch new products (as defined) to merchant, contractor and developer customer groups.
Attend Regional Sales meetings giving timeous feedback as and when required.
Responsible for training of customer base on existing products, new products and value add propositions (for example: Specsure, product handling and stock rotation).
Assist and /or give presentations to regional team as necessary, as well as to customer base with focus on all aspects of product / system performances.

Job Reference:
SOA00172