Business Development Manager / Sales Executive

The Recruitment Pig; Wes-Kaap; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

The Recruitment Pig is seeking a results-driven sales professional to drive commercial expansion in South Africa's Wes-Kaap region. You will win key business accounts, identify prospective clients, and present tailored supply chain solutions to corporate decision-makers.

You will build direct, trust-based relationships with executives, manage the full sales cycle from initial contact to close, and maintain active client engagement to secure long-term success.

Qualifications

• Five years of successful B2B sales experience.
• Freight or courier sector background is helpful but optional.
• Excellent soft skills, strong listening ability, and clear articulation.
• Highly self-motivated, resilient, and driven by targets.
• Skilled at approaching new customers and closing deals.

Responsibilities

• Win key business accounts and drive commercial expansion.
• Identify prospective clients across lucrative target markets.
• Present tailored supply chain solutions to corporate decision-makers.
• Build direct, trust-based relationships with influential business leaders.
• Manage the entire sales cycle from connection to closing.
• Act as an outstanding brand ambassador in the market.
• Maintain active client contact to secure long-term success.

Skills

B2B sales

Account management

Relationship building

Closing deals

Target-driven

Job description

THE COMPANY

Our client is a global leader in total supply chain solutions.

They built a vast international network through strategic commercial growth.

They move goods using air, ocean, road, and courier networks.

Their team solves complex distribution challenges for diverse commercial clients.

They serve major target audiences across multiple industrial sectors.

The business is expanding rapidly across major South African economic hubs.

Joining this firm offers exceptional career growth and high stability.

YOUR MISSION

You will drive commercial expansion by winning key business accounts.

You will identify prospective clients across lucrative target markets.

You will present tailored supply chain solutions to corporate decision-makers.

You will build direct, trust-based relationships with influential business leaders.

You will manage the entire sales cycle from connection to closing.

You will act as an outstanding brand ambassador in the market.

You will maintain active client contact to secure long-term success.

WHO ARE YOU?

You bring five years of successful B2B sales experience.

Industry background in freight or courier services is helpful but optional.

You possess exceptional soft skills, strong listening ability, and clear articulation.

You are highly self-motivated, resilient, and driven by targets.

You excel at approaching new customers and closing deals.

You know how to manage longer, high-value sales cycles successfully.

You maintain a positive attitude and build lasting executive relationships.