External Sales Representative (Cape Town)

Level-Up; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 300,000 - 500,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading industrial automation company seeks a motivated Sales Professional in Cape Town. The ideal candidate will thrive under pressure to achieve sales targets while providing excellent client support. Responsibilities include managing customer relationships, achieving monthly sales targets, and traveling to client sites. Candidates should have 3-5 years of sales experience, preferably in engineering and automation, alongside a relevant qualification. A competitive salary and benefits will be offered.

Qualifications

• 3 - 5 years of successful external sales experience in industrial automation.
• Experience providing engineering or technical sales support.
• Basic knowledge of SAP software is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Provide sales services and product support solutions to clients.
• Build strong customer relationships and achieve sales targets.
• Travel to client sites for assessments and presentations.

Skills

External sales experience

Customer relationship management

Technical sales support

Engineering knowledge

CRM experience

Presentation skills

Education

BCom / Electrical qualification

CISCO / CCNA N+

Tools

SAP software

MS Office

Job description

The ideal candidate is motivated & thrives in working under pressure to achieve sales targets through strong client relationships, supplying excellent & reliable client-sales, specialised product service-support and systems-application solutions. Your Industrial Sector could include: 1) Factory & Process Automation (e.g., Food & Beverage, Automotive, Petrochemical etc.) or 2) Power & Renewables (e.g. Solar, Power Plants, BESS, etc.) you will report to the sales manager, working closely with the sales & tech support team to provide critical & professional services to existing & new clients (such as engineers, within both government and blue-collar/private companies) within the industrial automation market.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide sales services and product support solutions to the industrial automation industry.
• Provide excellent and innovative sales & support services, communications, consulting and technical sales solutions across our full range of specialised award-winning, ruggedised products for client applications within the industrial automation industry.
• Grow existing database, generates new leads.
• Build strong customer relationships with dedicated efficient sales, successful solutions, and admin services.
• Tenders & Projects: from conception to completion
• Maintain and update CRM system.
• Travelling to client sites for assessments and presentations
• Service-driven professional, promotes and supports efficiency, service improvement and specialised dedicated support for the company and its customers.
• Achieve Monthly Sales Targets
• Achieve external calls & meeting targets
• Achieves weekly sales meeting targets
• Works well with peers to become part of the growing team.
• Reports to and works closely with the sales manager.
• Keeps updated with product and industry innovations

EXPERIENCE, QUALIFICATIONS, & SKILLS REQUIRED

• 3 - 5 years successful external sales experience within a similar industry, experience providing engineering / technical sales support solutions (provide references)
• Sales/background in Engineering, Networking, Electrical industrial automation, plant automation solutions (or similar) could hold an unfinished electrical engineering qualification, or industry experience (advantageous)
• BCom / Electrical or similar (Advantageous)
• CISCO / CCNA N+ (Advantageous)
• Basic knowledge of SAP software (training provided)
• CRM experience
• MS Office, Excel, Word, PowerPoint (presentations)

REQUIREMENTS

• Selling, designing, supporting, and implementing industrial automation applications and solutions
• Own reliable car and valid (Code B) Drivers license (advantage PDP license)
• Resides in Cape Town area (approx. 10km radius)
• Ability to work under pressure
• Travelling & consulting as and where needed
• Pass Training requirements