Technical Sales Representative: Beauty And Personal Care

Western Cape, South Africa

Job Description


Responsible for resolving customer issues aggregate customer issues and collate the most commonly raised issues in order to create/develop response strategy. Customer needs clarification, consult with a range of customer representatives at different levels to identify the outcomes they require, introducing relevant internal specialists and utilizing their expertise to gather and analyze complex customer data, clarify mid- to long-term customer needs, and develop and agree to a specification of customer requirements.
QualificationsUniversity Degree
Experience

  • Minimum 5 yearsxe2x80x99 experience in a similar role
Duties
  • Identify customer problems leveraging your technical know-how in Food and Beverages. Clarify by asking the customer questions and establishing what the customer presumes his/her ideal situation when the problem is resolved. If unsure, note the customer issues and revert to the customer after engaging with a product specialist to ensure a suitable solution/offering.
  • Use the information gathered from the customer to enable the technical support team to assist in developing the solution for the customer
  • Consider the value-added solutions/offering when giving a customer an offer. i.e., giving less priority to traded solutions
  • Leverage the companyxe2x80x99s intellectual property/trade secrets for margin/value extraction on customer offerings
  • Always priorities the specialty solutions, i.e., not commoditised solutions, when giving the customers offers to ensure business competitiveness and sustainability
  • Compile the budget (volumes, sales and gross profit and the margins) opposite the business strategy. Device activities that will enable meeting the budget
  • Develop a sales strategy that will ensure budget targets are met (volume, sales, gross profit and margins)
  • Ensure a steady pipeline of business development opportunities are closed off
Job Competencies
  • Develops and delivers multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
  • Ensures Accountability: Holds self and others accountable to meet commitments
  • Plans and Aligns: Plans and prioritizes work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals
  • Manages Complexity: Makes sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems
  • Customer Focus: Builds strong customer relationships and delivers customer-centric solutions
  • Optimizes Work Processes: Knows the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement
  • Organizational Savvy: Manoeuvres comfortably through complex policy, process, and people-related organizational dynamics
  • Decision Quality: Makes good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward
  • Being Resilient: Rebounds from setbacks and adversity when facing difficult situations
  • Business Insight: Applies knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance the organization's goals
  • Interpersonal Savvy: Relates openly and comfortably with diverse groups of people
  • Builds Effective Teams: Builds strong-identity teams that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals
  • Situational Adaptability: Adapts approach and demeanor in real time to match the shifting demands of different situations
  • Tech Savvy:Anticipates and adopts innovations in business-building digital and technology applications

Omnia Holdings

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Job Detail

  • Job Id
    JD1332165
  • Industry
    Not mentioned
  • Total Positions
    1
  • Job Type:
    Full Time
  • Salary:
    Not mentioned
  • Employment Status
    Permanent
  • Job Location
    Western Cape, South Africa
  • Education
    Not mentioned