Sales Representative

Our client in the Wine Industry based in Port Elizabeth is currently looking to employ a Sales Representative.

An awesome career opportunity awaits!

Requirements:

• Degree/Diploma in Sales.
• 3 years of related sales experience.
• Excellent communication and people skills, strong selling skills, planning and organising, handling difficult customers, attention to detail, ability to work under pressure and a valid driver’s licence.

Responsibilities:

• The reasonable achievement of sales targets as determined.
• Promotes, sells, secures orders from existing and prospective customers through a relationship-based approach.
• Call on customers as per the agreed calling schedule.
• Makes telephone calls to existing and prospective customers to achieve sales volumes.
• Manage in-store support to sell product through – promotions or tastings in outlets; general merchandising and building of displays.
• Research sources for developing prospective customers and for information to determine their potential.
• Creates and manages a customer value plan for existing customers highlighting profile, share and value opportunities.
• Identifies advantages and compares organization’s products/services.
• Supply management with oral and written reports on customer needs, problems, interests, competitive activities, and potential for new products and services.
• General sales administration.
• Commitment to customer service.
• Participation in trade shows and conventions.
• Establishes, develops, and maintains business relationships with current customers and prospective customers in the assigned territory or market segment to generate new business for the organization’s products and services.
• Coordinate sales effort with finance and logistics.

Please note should you not receive a response within two weeks of applying please consider your application unsuccessful.