Sales Consultant - East London, South Africa - E2E Staffing (PTY) LTD

Thabo Mthembu

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KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS

  • Build strong relationships with customers personally and professionally
  • To really understand the customers business and provide them with packaging solutions, not just packaging
  • Meeting and exceeding of monthly sales budgets and targets
  • Sourcing of new business and opportunities to fill up machine capacity
  • Attend to customer complaints effectively. Respond to the customer within 24 hours
  • Manage price increases with customers effectively
  • Ability to write and manage budgets, weekly estimate and other sales reports
  • To provide our business with forecasts ensuring that we have the right products at the right time
  • Analyse what are our competitors doing i.t.o pricing strategies, customers perceptions of them
  • Responsible for leading Design Review meeting for new products and changes in current products
  • Daily reporting on customer and feedback

KEY COMPETENCIES

  • Able to speak English and isiXhosa is advantageous.
  • Have at least 5 years sales experience, preferably in Packaging or FMCG
  • A post matric sales or related qualification will be advantageous.
  • Have a proven track record in sales of sourcing of new business and growing of sales budgets.
  • An understanding of the plastics/packaging industry would be advantageous.
  • Computer Literacy (EXCEL, WORD, POWERPOINT)
  • Must have a valid driver's license and own transport.
  • Must be comfortable travelling and sourcing business in the Transkei

KEY CHARACTERISTICS

  • An ability to see opportunities and grasp them.
  • A high need for achievement
  • Resilience
  • Selfdiscipline and driven to succeed
  • An ability to build relationships quickly and effectively
  • An ability to close deals efficiently and effectively

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