External Sales Representative

1 week ago

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Level-Up Full time


Job Description:

The ideal candidate is motivated & thrives in working under pressure to achieve sales targets through strong client relationships, supplying excellent & reliable client-sales, specialised product service-support and systems-application solutions. Your Industrial Sector could include: 1) Factory & Process Automation (e.g., Food & Beverage, Automotive, Petrochemical etc.) or 2) Power & Renewables (e.g. Solar, Power Plants, BESS, etc.) you will report to the sales manager, working closely with the sales & tech support team to provide critical & professional services to existing & new clients (such as engineers, within both government and blue-collar/private companies) within the industrial automation market.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Provide sales services and product support solutions to the industrial automation industry.
  • Provide excellent and innovative sales & support services, communications, consulting and technical sales solutions across our full range of specialised award-winning, ruggedised products for client applications within the industrial automation industry.
  • Grow existing database, generates new leads.
  • Build strong customer relationships with dedicated efficient sales, successful solutions, and admin services.
  • Tenders & Projects: from conception to completion
  • Maintain and update CRM system.
  • Travelling to client sites for assessments and presentations
  • Service-driven professional, promotes and supports efficiency, service improvement and specialised dedicated support for the company and its customers.
  • Achieve Monthly Sales Targets
  • Achieve external calls & meeting targets
  • Achieves weekly sales meeting targets
  • Works well with peers to become part of the growing team.
  • Reports to and works closely with the sales manager.
  • Keeps updated with product and industry innovations

EXPERIENCE, QUALIFICATIONS, & SKILLS REQUIRED

  • 3 - 5 years successful external sales experience within a similar industry, experience providing engineering / technical sales support solutions (provide references)
  • Sales/background in Engineering, Networking, Electrical industrial automation, plant automation solutions (or similar) could hold an unfinished electrical engineering qualification, or industry experience (advantageous)
  • BCom / Electrical or similar (Advantageous)
  • CISCO / CCNA N+ (Advantageous)
  • Basic knowledge of SAP software (training provided)
  • CRM experience
  • MS Office, Excel, Word, PowerPoint (presentations)

REQUIREMENTS

  • Selling, designing, supporting, and implementing industrial automation applications and solutions
  • Own reliable car and valid (Code B) Drivers license (advantage PDP license)
  • Resides in Cape Town area (approx. 10km radius)
  • Ability to work under pressure
  • Travelling & consulting as and where needed
  • Pass Training requirements


Required Skills:

Sales


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