Trainee Marketer/ Loadmaster

**QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE**:
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- Degree in Agricultural or Marketing with 2 years’ marketing experience
- At least 3 years’ experience in the Livestock environment

**SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE**:

- Ability to work independently combined with excellent interpersonal skills
- Strong sales, negotiation and communication skills
- Goal orientated
- Analytical and problem solving skills
- Effective verbal and listening communication skills
- Time management skills
- Good computer literacy
- Decision-making skills
- Must be fully bilingual and conversant in Afrikaans & English
- Valid driver’s license
- Valid PDP (Public Driver’s Permit) is compulsory

**COMPETENCIES**:

- Drive and energy
- Persuasion
- Flexibility
- Initiating action
- Building and maintaining stakeholder relationships
- Impact and influence

**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- Procurement of livestock for auctions through effective and innovative services
- Sales of livestock
- Ensure constant growth in market share, revenue and profitability
- Procurement, marketing and handling of auctions
- Classing of livestock
- Responsible for effective and efficient logistics and administrative processes.
- Responsible for receiving and offloading of animals where necessary
- Gathering of producer information to facilitate effective planning of marketing
- Provide excellent customer services
- General auction site organization and related functions
- Management of wages employees