Sales Manager

Large Hydraulics & Automation Company is seeking a Sales Manager for their Cape Town Branch.

The main purpose of the job is to manage the sales team to ensure profitability on the day-to-day sales operations. This includes developing business plans and attaining sales goals, delivering great customer care, and growing revenue.
Key areas of responsibility will include:

1.     Managing Daily Operations

  • Management of Company Assets.
  • Managing staff ensuring they understand their KPI’s.
  • Monitoring and devising strategies for each sales task.
  • Ensuring customer satisfaction.
  • Coordinating with RM to discuss sales strategies, financials, staff and daily operations.
  • Ensuring All BMS Processes are adhered to.
  • Managing key accounts. 

2.     Financial Management

  • Preparing and managing Branch Sales Budgets.
  • Managing Branch Gross Profit sales.
  • Achieve financial targets by growing Market Share.
  • Achieve EBIT targets.

3.     Sales

  • Performing market research, analysing trends, macroeconomic conditions, changes in regulations and competitors’ behaviour.
  • Creating sales strategies by incorporating market research and setting targets to improve revenue.
  • Monitoring sales activities and performance and developing sales strategies.
  • Identifying opportunities for growth; expanding customer base, new products, and services, and collaborating with Group Partners.

4.     Monitoring Risk Assessments

  • Performing risk assessments; operational processes, financial management, market conditions, staff retention.
  • Communicating the risks to customers, staff and senior management.
  • Developing risk management strategies, to minimise the impact of risks.

5.     Building Customer Relationships

  • Understand customers’ requirements and propose products, and services that can address their needs.
  • Addressing customer complaints, queries and resolution of these.
  • Collecting customers’ feedback to improve client service and operations.
  • Identifying opportunities to upsell or cross-sell products, and services to existing customers.

6.     Monthly Reporting

  • Coordinating with the finance department to ensure accurate financial reporting.
  • Monthly reporting to Regional Manager with regards to any non-conformances, operational Issues, staff issues, prospects, forecasts.
  • Analysis of Potential Customers.

7.     Human Resource Management

  • Manage Sales staff leave balances
  • Assist with termination of staff
  • Resolving staff issues.
  • Developing Team Morale
  • Development of Staff
  • Hiring of new Sales team members

Qualifications and experience:

  • 5 – 10 years working experience in a similar working environment
  • At least 5 years management exposure and experience
  • Having an in-depth understanding of the hydraulic industry, products, and services.
  • Proven understanding of effectively utilising system solutions to successfully run operations.
  • Effective management of staff
  • Knowledge of Syspro advantageous
  • Matric
  • Proven understanding of effectively utilising system solutions to successfully run operations.
  • Effective management of staff
  • Must have sound computer knowledge and applications at an advance level (Full MS Office Suite)
  • Proficiency in financial management, including budgeting and forecasting, analytics and reporting.
  • Cape Town

  • Permanent