Technical Specialist - Midrand, South Africa - Prostaff Recruitment Specialists

Prostaff Recruitment Specialists

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Midrand, South Africa

3 weeks ago

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Thabo Mthembu

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Technical Specialist / Junior Account Manager - Personal Care Raw Materials

PS01005

Sales and Marketing
Gauteng, Midrand
Monthly Cost To Company (Market related, Negotiable)
A wellknown and established international personal care manufacturing company specialising in supplying personal care raw materials into manufacturers requires the above to maintain and develop existing customers within the industry.

Minimum requirements for the role:

A tertiary sciences qualification is essential for this role.
The company is happy to train up the right person who has experience working within a laboratory ideally within the chemical or personal care or pharm or related markets.
Excellent written and verbal communication, presentation and negotiation skills are essential.
Computer literacy with a good knowledge of Microsoft Office is essential.
Liaising and managing existing personal care customers supplying them with personal care speciality raw materials for their manufacturing processes.
Reporting regularly on business in the designated markets and regions, identifying any threats or opportunities as they arise.
Visiting customers in order to formulate and come up with new products or customise existing products for designated customer markets and regions.
Assisting in the promotion of new and existing products by attending exhibitions and undertaking marketing projects as directed by sales management.
Working closely with procurement and the research and development departments regarding new products that the company would like to introduce into the industry.
Reporting back to management on a monthly basis as to the status of each client and their requirements.
Attending regular meetings with the international technical and commercial global team regarding new product development and raw material forecasts in SA.

Salary package, including benefits, is highly negotiable depending on experience gained.