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Sales Manager (FMCG)

Sales Manager (FMCG)

Status StaffingSomerset West, South Africa
30+ days ago
Job description

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EMPLOYMENT TYPE    :            Permanent

SECTOR                          :            Sales

BASIC SALARY              :            Market related

START DATE                  :            A.S.A.P / Immediate

REQUIREMENTS :

  • At least 4 years of proven experience as a Key Account Manager and / or Sales Manager in the food industry
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office
  • Goal-oriented, assertive, and hands-on problem solver
  • Strong analytical and strategic planning skills
  • Excellent communication and delegation abilities, fluency in English and Afrikaans essential
  • Capable of remaining calm under pressure
  • Outstanding people skills
  • Self-motivated and self-directed
  • Willing to travel across different regions

DUTIES :

  • Create and execute a strategic sales plan
  • Create the annual sales budget and targets for all regions including international
  • Monitor actual sales against sales budget from all sales executives and report to management monthly
  • Present strategic planning to improve client results
  • Achieve the overall margin targets set by management
  • Ensuring high level of customer satisfaction of the company experience
  • Monitoring market trends and providing regular feedback including competitor behavior and trends
  • Provide product / customer forecasts to the planning department
  • Work closely with purchasing, logistics and planning to ensure contract positions, availability, and pricing is optimum
  • Set and maintain standard pricing based on product cost price
  • Manage and support the sales team with customer specific pricing
  • Set annual KPI’s for sales team and track on quarterly basis
  • Manage and grow own customer base in Western and Eastern Cape
  • Expand sales area into Southern Africa, by identifying potential customers and introduce the company portfolio to generate sales
  • Hire, train, motivate, and advise the sales team
  • Ensure contracts, price lists and customer information is up to date in Sage
  • Adhere to high ethical standards, and comply with all regulations / applicable laws
  • HOURS :

  • Monday to Friday : 08 : 00 – 17 : 00