Permanent - Technical Sales Representative - Ekurhuleni (East Rand) - South Africa

Key Performance Area 

• Drive sales of all company  products, by developing, identifying, and securing all relevant direct sales opportunities Establishing and maintaining strong business relationships and identifying new opportunities with new customers
• Compiling quotations and following-up on orders intake, loading sales order and ensuring that customers are informed of any backorders or delivery times
• Attending all conferences and exhibitions as required and arranging seminars as needed
• Communicating pricing, price increases and terms and conditions; Work closely with the internal sales, engineering, planning, production and dispatch to ensure high customer satisfaction
• Recommend alternate products based on cost, availability and specifications
• Educate customers on our product features and benefits in order to improve product sales while ensuring customer satisfaction and product reliability
• Improve profitability on a reasonable basis, evaluating each situation on its merit 
• Achieve agreed sales targets
• Ensure that all customer complaints, issues and queries are resolved timeously. 
• Perform other related functions as and when required or assigned by management Customer queries handled courteously and timeously; and Assist with the forecast for Company products 
• Adhere to all company policies, procedures and standards operating procedures and ensure familiarization with all available amendments.

Preferred Minimum Education & Experience

• Grade 12/N3 Certificate (a must);
• National Diploma/Degree in Sales / Marketing/ Engineering (a must)
• 2-3 Year experience as a Sales representative in the Engineering/Manufacturing Industry
• 5 years’ experience working with Pumps
• Strategic prospecting skills.

Knowledge Skills and Critical Competencies

• Knowledge of Syspro (will be an added advantage);
• Proficient in Microsoft Office
• Well-developed written and verbal communication skills;
• Active listening skills
• Report writing skills
• Time management skills
• Must be responsible and reliable
• Have strong personality, confident and with excellent people skills
• Strong decision making and problem solving skills
• Be ambitious, self-motivated with high energy and hardworking
• Must be logical, analytical with attention to detail and a high level of accuracy and neatness
• Must be able to work in a team
• Telephone etiquette
• Must have a valid driver’s license, without any endorsements