Sales Manager – Klerksdorp

Contact person for this position:
Rayleen Lentz
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Job Overview
The Sales Manager will be responsible for supervising and organizing the sales team. You will be in charge of managing organizational sales by developing business plans, meeting planned goals, and coordinating with our marketing department on lead generation. You will also be tasked with overseeing the activities and performance of your sales team by tracking sales goals, setting individual sales targets, and facilitate the ongoing training of your salespeople.
Areas of Responsibility (Your duties will include but are not limited to:)
Managing organizational sales by developing a business plan that covers sales, revenue and expense controls.
Meeting planned sales goals.
Setting individual sales targets with the sales team.
Tracking sales goals and reporting results as necessary.
Overseeing the activities and performance of the sales team.
Coordinating with marketing on lead generation.
The ongoing training of your salespeople.
Developing your sales team through motivation, counselling and product knowledge education.
Promoting the organization and products.
Understand our ideal customers and how they relate to our products.
Are responsible for motivating and advising their reps to improve their performance, as well as hiring and training new sales representatives.
Achieve their objectives through effective planning, setting sales goals, analysing data on past performance, and projecting future performance.
Ensure that the sales department works cross functionally with executives from other departments. For example, they collaborate with marketing to generate new lead sources and expand the target customer base, or with product and research teams to make sure customer needs are met.
Knowledge, skills and experience required
Fluent in English and Afrikaans
Bachelor’s degree in business or related field will be advantage.
Experience in planning and implementing sales strategies.
Experience in customer relationship management.
Experience managing and directing a sales team.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Dedication to providing great customer service.
Ability to lead a sale team.
Competencies
Self-motivated and dedicated
Performance Driven
Salary – R 15 000 – R 20 000 neg.