Telesales – Cape Town at Puratos

Reporting to the Sales Manager, the successful candidate for this key function will be responsible for:

Liaising with all customers, must drive to achieve sales against budget, manage and execute all sales plans against business strategy.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

Product knowledge of bakery, patissirie and chocolate industry.
Follow a daily customer calling cycle to obtain, capture, process and follow-up on orders.
Prepare and control quotation and follow-up therefore.
Ensure customer data and contract pricing are kept updated.
Assist customer with queries.
Coordinate with other departments for the orders processing, information processing and requests from customers.
Other tasks assigned by Manager.

PROFILE

Matric (Grade 12) and a National Diploma in Sales/Marketing or Food Science
Experience: 3-5 years in Sales and Bakery sector; B2B is preferable; Food sector (FMCG Market) is preferable
Languages: English is a prerequisite
Computer literacy: Office computer (Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, Word)
Other expertise: Business & result driven, presentation skill, strong interpersonal skills: establishes easily contacts, sales and negotiation skills, team player.

REQUIRED COMPETENCIES

Collaborating effectively: spontaneously helps team members, networking, sharing info/results.
Communicating effectively: actively listening, negotiating, reporting provides clear explanations that are easy to follow.
Driving performances: results-driven, planning & prioritizing, solving problems
Improving continuously: adapts flexibly to changes, open to learn from feedback
Managing customer needs: understanding customer environment builds and maintains relationship of customers, implement most suitable solutions that meet customer expectations.

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