Chief Commercial Officer

A Reputable Company based in South Africa is looking for an astute, competent individual to fill the role of Chief Commercial Officer (Sales and Marketing Director)

• Reporting directly to CEO and collaborating with the Exec team to help drive customer driven retention strategies to enhance the customer experience
• Build, lead, and motivate a strong sales and marketing team
• Set sales, customer acquisition strategy and customer retention strategy
• Develop, implement, and own a customer-centric business development and market growth strategy for increasing sales and profits.
• Responsible for leading the business into new verticals based on a community orientated approach and strategic partnerships
• Create the processes and systems to improve our ability to read our performance
• Proactively provide smart client research and industry specific information.
• Act as a Brand Ambassador and represent the company at community events and other business-related meetings, promoting the company products and services.
• Establish strong working relationships with?key stakeholders across the business
• Manage and coordinate marketing and creative staff, leading market research efforts to uncover the viability of current and existing products/services, and liaising with media organizations and advertising agencies.
• Oversee the Sales, Marketing and Customer Service departments of the business

Minimum requirements

• BCom degree or equivalent in Sales/Marketing
• 5 years related sales management experience
• Forecast and Trends, Conversion Rates, Target Account, Market Segmentation.
• Familiarity with the latest trends, Technologies (Digital Marketing), Social Media Platforms and Methodologies in Graphic Design, Web Design, etc
• High emotional intelligence
• Empathetic and ‘first principles’ thinking – with the ability to think deeply about how the industry changes in light of South Africa’s macroeconomic climate
• A willingness to always learn, listen, and think deeply about what customers value, and the ability to venture into unknowing terrain to execute
• Ability to think on their feet and use their initiative to solve problems and deliver solutions – and not having to be ‘hand-held’ along the way.
• Drive the successful implementation and adoption of the marketing automation platforms.
• Develop and execute strategic marketing plans to ensure that the company brand is top of mind.
• Fascination with technology
• Excellent communication skills
• Ideally from a consumer orientated background / consumer focused industry with a deep understanding of human behaviour, and an understanding of how a multi revenue stream business operates.

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