Job description
- Grade 12, coupled with a relevant Sales and Marketing qualification
- 3 to 5 years'' Sales and Marketing experience in a Aftermarket department in the Material Handling/Forklift industry will be a definite advantage
- Code 08/EB drivers licence essential
Duties will include -
- Promotion and selling of Aftermarket services, Parts, Accessories, Rental offerings, Service Contract offerings, Tyres, Driver Training, Load Testing and inhouse engineering
- Overall responsibility to achieve sales, growth and profitability targets in an assigned sales territory
- Contact new and existing customers to discuss their needs and to explain how these needs could be met (training etc)
- Visiting new customers to ensure safe operation of forklifts according to set standards and legal requirements by promoting Driver Training and load testing
- Inform and resolve customers'' questions about products, prices, availability, product uses and credit terms
- Quote prices, credit terms and other specifications
- Emphasise product features based on analyses of customers needs and on technical knowledge of product capabilities
- Prepare sales contracts for orders obtained and submit orders for processing
- Assist with resolution of debtors disputes and assist with cash collections
- Sound financial management of deals in line with budget and company strategic objectives
- Preparation and presentation of reports as and when required
- Assist with Parts stock take exercises as and when required