A global leader in the automotive industry is looking to appoint a Sales Specialist (Account Manager), responsible for achieving sales targets and assigned strategic account objectives and for generating opportunities within their assigned customers, representing the entire range of company products and services to assigned customers, while leading the customer account planning cycle and ensuring assigned customers’ needs and expectations are met.
Minimum Experience:
- 3 years of relevant sales account management experience.
- Dealing Government Departments, Parastatals, NGO’s Municipalities and Travel Agents - will be advantageous
Minimum Qualification:- Higher Certificate or similar relevant tertiary qualification (NQF5)
Preferred Qualification:- Diploma or similar relevant qualification (NQF6).
Minimum Requirements:- Valid, unendorsed driver’s license.
- Strong understanding of client and market dynamics and requirements.
- Extensive knowledge of sales principles and processes.
- Computer literate: proficient at an Intermediate level in Excel, Word & PowerPoint.
Competencies:- Communication skills in English (read, write & speak)
- Listening skills
- Interpersonal Skills
- Client relationship building is critical in this role.
- Sales Account Management Skills
- Business acumen
- Financial acumen
- Conflict Management
- Negotiation Skills
- Planning, organizing, monitoring and reporting skills
- Problem solving/assessment skills
- Computer Literacy
- Conducting formal meetings
- Creative and innovative
- Time Management
- Able to work under pressure.
- New business skills
- Assertiveness
- Initiative
- Persuasiveness
- Results driven and orientated
Desired Skills:
- account management
- business development
- sales account management
