Business Development Manager – Solar PV – Johannesburg

Thompsons Travel (Pty) Ltd has a vacancy for a Key Account / New Business Manager in our Sales Department in Johannesburg. The successful candidate must possess the following skills: Effective communication, Strategic planning, Negotiations, Problem-solving, and Time management. The primary focus of this key position is to manage and maintain sales relationships with customers. The candidate should be able to find and develop new customers while maintaining excellent relationships with existing corporate clients, providing outstanding service and support to the corporate client and the corporate consultant.

Job Responsibilities

• Identify new high net worth customers by looking for opportunities
• Find and develop new customers
• Cold Calling
• Compile Tender documents of existing and potential customer needs
• Compile Tender documents and processes for New Business acquisition
• Achieve Targets Set
• Organization of workshops, site inspections & product knowledge sessions
• Assisting in marketing awareness campaigns
• Monthly reports and quarterly reports on targets set
• Reports on new business acquisition
• Online training and implementation

Requirements

• EE Candidate
• 3+ years previous Key Account Management experience in a corporate retail travel environment
• Travel and Tourism qualification
• Sales and Marketing qualification
• Computer literate in MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook
• Excellent geographic knowledge
• Experience in working in a target-driven environment and achieving personal sales
• Strong communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills
• Proactive, problem solver, and innovator
• Ability to analyze corporate accounts and present reports
• Understanding of basic accounting principles
• Must be a team player
• Must have a driver’s license and be able to work outside normal working hours
• Process-driven
• Respectful to colleagues and suppliers as well
• Adhering to our company values

Salary: Negotiable based on previous experience.

Availability: To be discussed during the interviews.