Sales Account Representative

Introduction

A well-established company in the red meat sector, based in Pretoria North is looking for an experienced Sales Account Representative to join their dynamic team. To support the company’s Sales Manager: Key Accounts with the growth and management of key account clients in accordance with company strategy and budgeted targets. To drive category growth and expansion by consolidating strategic initiatives with value chain operations and product development.

Duties & Responsibilities

Category Growth

• Drive change and improvement with customers to deliver category growth through consumer understanding resulting in good insights, relevant innovation and category management where relevant.
• Driving volume and margin targets to meet company forecast and budget.
• Driving NPD (New Product Development) closely with Quality team by identifying opportunities to achieve sustainable volume growth and add value to slow moving products.
• Contributing to client category growth through innovative practices.
• Building insight into retail rate of sales on category to optimize sales volume and range assortment.

Reporting

• Ensuring differentiated growth within the customer account to ensure maximum market exposure, competitiveness and category growth within the customer Partnership, in collaboration with Product Development teams.
• Tracking of orders & procurement data.

Key Customer Satisfaction

• Ensuring that the optimal Service Levels are achieved.
• Channeling queries and complaints to the satisfaction of the clients.
• Ensure all customer feedback and reports are sent within the agreed timeframes.
• Create new recipes for the BC (butcher counters) to share with customers to improve sales.

Desired Experience & Qualification

Qualification details

• Bachelor’s / BCom degree

Experience

• 1 - 2 years sales experience in FMCG environment

Functional Competencies

• Computer Literate
• Interpersonal Relationships
• Teamwork
• Understanding of the meat business

Package & Remuneration

Working hours:

Monday to Friday from 07h00 – 17h00

Salary:

• R 18,000 – R 25,000 CTC per month, depending on experience
• This is a TCTC package – no additional benefits

(NO FEEDBACK WILL BE GIVEN ON CV’S IF THE CANDIDATE’S SALARY EXPECTATION AS WELL AS MOST RECENT PAYSLIP IS NOT INCLUDED)