Epping Area – Western Cape: Our client is looking for an Agri Business Sales Representative to join the team.
Only candidates with the relevant experience will be considered.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
- A thorough knowledge of the SA and international grape market and a network of people in the SA grape sector would be an advantage
- Sales experience
- The ability to develop and maintain strong customer relationships at both senior and operational levels.
- Experience in product development
- An understanding of paper bag manufacturing and industrial packaging is an advantage.
- A customer and service obsession.
- Be able to work alone and decisive enough to take decisions.
- Results driven with strong organizational, system and administration skills
- Tenacity and determination to find and deliver solutions to our customers.
- A good sense for figures and proficient on Excel
- The ability to work and function as part of a team
- Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
- A good command of both English and Afrikaans
- Perseverance and persistence to drive through to achieve outcomes
- Highest level of personal integrity, clear history of leading by example and setting consistently high standards for others to emulate.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:
- Sales
- Achieve sales growth, at required margins, in line with the the company Agri bag strategy South Africa
- Maintain relationships with South African packers and agents and grow the sales of paper Agri bags into these sectors
- Expand the SA Agri bags business to new customers including the Northern Cape and other regions
- Establish the company as a trusted supplier of choice in the SA market International
- Interact with international retailers and the company’s Europe team to establish paper bags as a product of choice for Agri packaging
- Form relationships and get orders for paper Agri bags to supply international distributors of Agri bags, both for packing in South Africa and for export to other countries, as agreed.
- Customer service/fulfilment
- Understand and work within the company’s capability to meet promised customer order fulfilment and service levels.
- Work with the company operations and management teams to develop and implement a business operation and capacity that promotes year-long manufacture
- Establish and maintain clear and structured customer service agreements that enable the company to effectively meet customer requirements.
- Product Innovation
- Develop and promote product innovation and customer testing and acceptance in the company product offerings
- Drive and facilitate product verification and marketing material to get market acceptance of new Agri products
ONLY short-listed candidates will be contacted.
To apply CLICK THIS LINK and upload your CV https://webapp.placementpartner.com/wi/vacancy/?id=farm&VacRef=FM001931&preview=1aab705311f0310ee13bb14288f3a7c1
