Overview
a leading South African online retailer is looking for a highly talented Business Development Manager : Takealot Freight Forwarding Sales to join our Cape Town Team.
We are a young dynamic hyper growth company looking for smart creative hard-working people with integrity to join us. We offer a market related Total Remuneration Package which allows full flexibility according to your needs a great work environment and a promise that you wont be bored as long as you are prepared for a challenge and want to build something great.
Role reports to
Head of Takealot Freight Forwarding
Responsibilities
- Deliver on sales targets focused on acquiring quality clients
- Creating and maintaining a robust sales pipeline with focus on key strategic clients
- Conceptualise and execute on new client acquisition strategies
- Be able to perform needs analysis for potential clients
- Feedback to Senior Management on both sourcing strategies for new clients and our service delivery for existing client partnerships
- Able to manage data to create executable actions and report on findings
- Able to work with operational teams to relay client needs or concerns to create executable actions
- Able to work cross-functionally within the business to optimize client partnerships
- Ability to present to and build relationships with senior managers and clients
- Provide national partners with weekly and monthly performance reports around agreed SLAs
- Monitor and analyze the performance of client-specific KPIs preparing and presenting partner performance review meetings to the TDT & Takealot business
- Ensure client partners are also kept accountable on all aspects of their agreed service delivery SLAs for continuous operational performance
- Traveling within South African provinces as required
Skills Required
Experience presenting to senior managersExperience in generating leads through physical anddigital meansProven track record of delivering results in businessgrowth and development or client acquisitionCompetence in Excel (Google Sheets) & PowerPoint(Google Slides)Experience in an e-commerce environment is anadvantageAbility to go beyond what is expectedCommercially-minded strong negotiatorData-driven and analyticalSolutions-oriented can-do attitude; self-motivatedExcellent communication and presentation skillsAbility to develop senior level relationships effectivelyStrong prioritization and time management skillsComfortable with change and excellent team playerAbility to manage multiple opportunities simultaneouslyQualifications
Bachelors Degree or Advanced DiplomaMinimum 3 - 5 years Freight Forwarding Sales experienceExperience in generating leads through physical and digital meansProven track record of delivering results in business growth and development or client acquisition competence in Excel (Google sheets ) & Powerpoint (Google slides)Experience in an e-commerce environment is an advantageThe Environment
employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic smart customer- centric fun and have the shared ambition of being the leading e- commerce company in Africa.We have fun work hard take ownership work in teams to create solutions and are always open to direct feedback / new ideas on where we can improve.We are short on ego and high on output.We are doers and not only thinkers its all in the execution after all.We love what we do and what we are creating .We seek to employ an Extra Ordinary Mind who is Smart has Integrity and is Hardworking.If you meet the above you are an Extraordinary Mind so come and join us!
Takealot Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities to apply .
Required Experience :
Manager
Key Skills
Business Development,Sales Experience,B2B Sales,Marketing,Cold Calling,Account Management,Territory Management,Salesforce,Affiliate Marketing,CRM Software,negotiation,Lead Generation
Employment Type : Full Time
Experience : years
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