SUMMARY:
A well-known chemical company manufacturing product for the plastic converting industry requires the above to maintain and grow the company’s footprint in the Southern African region.
POSITION INFO:
Minimum requirements for the role:
- Tertiary qualification in either a business or chemistry or related field preferred but not essential.
- Previous sales management experience is required for this role.
- Must be computer literate with strong Excel skills to do costings and create sales reports and presentations.
- Previous experience having worked within the chemical and or related industries is preferred for the role but not essential.
The successful candidate will be responsible for:
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- Maintaining and growing the company’s footprint in the Southern African region.
- Managing and driving a sales team to achieve their KPI’s.
- Managing and overseeing sales agencies.
- Presenting monthly sales and project reports to the Directors.
- Managing and overseeing top key accounts for the company.
- Driving new business development with new and existing clients alongside the sales team.
- Ensuring all customer requirements or special needs are communicated to the lab/plant and are delivered on time.
- Working closely with the technical team to develop new products and provide input regarding the technical service and sales for new products.
- Manage and oversee costing and pricing of all new product developments.
- Manage and oversee price increase negotiations.
- Managing bi-weekly sales project meetings with sales team to ensure sales meet KPI’s.
- Attending bi-weekly CMR/customer project meetings with Technical Manager and Laboratory Manager.
- Work closely and align with General Manager, Lab Manager, Technical Manager on a weekly basis to ensure smooth customer service and be pro-active to avoid potential issues.
- Attending and exhibiting at local trade shows such as propak.
Salary package, including benefits, is highly negotiable depending on experience gained.
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