Marketer (Fuel & Lubrications)

KAL Corporate services (Pty) Ltd; Noord-Kaap; On-site; ZAR 300,000 - 450,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic agricultural retail company is seeking an experienced sales and marketing professional to join their team. The role involves selling fuel and lubricant products, managing customer relationships, and engaging with the agricultural community. Candidates must have a Grade 12 or NQF5 Diploma, 4 years of relevant experience, and strong negotiation skills. This position offers growth opportunities within a well-established company focused on performance and customer service.

Benefits

Career growth opportunities

Dynamic work environment

Qualifications

• 4 years related experience in sales and marketing.
• Must have own transport and valid driver's license.
• Effective communication skills required.

Responsibilities

• Identify new fuel & lubricant customers.
• Implement and manage CRM for customer relations.
• Engage with stakeholders for better solutions.

Skills

Sales proficiency

Negotiation skills

Market analysis

Education

Grade 12 or NQF5 Diploma

Tools

CRM software

QlikView

Job description

Join the dynamic team at Agrimark Operations Ltd, a growth-focused business and subsidiary of KAL Group Ltd, which is proudly listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE). Spanning over 100 locations across South Africa and a growing ecommerce presence, Agrimark Operations Ltd with its retail branches and specialist brands offer high-quality farming supplies, solutions, and a broad range of retail products to a diverse customer base that share the same love of the land, sense of community, and can-do attitude.

Job Specification

Reporting to the Fuel DC Manager, the main purpose of this versatile position is sales and marketing of fuel and lubricant products.

Minimum Requirements

• Grade 12 with supportive inhouse sale courses or NQF5 Diploma
• 4 years related experience
• Ability to effectively communicate and/or negotiate with high level of proficiency
• NB: Your own transport and a valid driver's license are inherent requirements

Key performance indicators

The GOLD business imperatives displayed below are to be used as key indicators in sourcing competent candidates for this critical role.

Growth

• Scan the market and identify potential new fuel & lubricant customers
• Implement the Fuel & Lubricants CRM (Customer Relationship Management) plan
• Introduce lubrication services to customers, including site inspections and site equipment surveys to develop tailer made solutions with suppliers
• Attend farmer / producer events and actively promote the Agrimark fuel & lubricants offering to them

Optimisation

• Management reporting of functional information and administration (Unicorn & QlikView)
• Assist the Fuel Planner with demand forecasts and CRM database updates
• Manage Lubricant supplier service agreement execution levels
• Compliance with internal company policies, procedures, processes, and external regulations
• Perform site fuel equipment SHEQ inspections to ensure adequate equipment maintenance

Leveraging Culture & Diversity

• Engage and maintaining productive and value adding relationships with customers as well as internal and external stakeholders whilst influencing best fit solutions, including sharing of product development knowledge
• Stay up to date with industry trends, competitor activities, and market developments to identify new opportunities

Digital Transformation

• Using digital technologies to create new — or modify existing — business processes and customer experiences to meet changing business and market requirements

Key leadership attributes

The incumbent would need to have the ability to progress and add continuous incremental value – having impact.

• Dealing with complexity
• Sound pragmatic judgement
• Self-awareness
• Achievement orientation

As part of the KAL Group Ltd – a diversified JSE-listed retail group that operates in agricultural retail, fuel & convenience, and manufacturing markets – you will join a group of companies with more than 270 operating units across South Africa and Namibia.

You will have an opportunity to grow your career and thrive in an accelerating performance environment that values resilience and customer service, and embraces communication, alignment, and relationships. We are committed to providing our employees with opportunities within the KAL Group Ltd to take on new challenges.

If this excites you, learn more about Agrimark Operations Ltd and KAL Group Ltd here: www.kalgroup.co.za/careers/life-at-kal-group

Candidates who are not contacted within 14 working days of the closing date can accept that their application was unsuccessful. Agrimark Operations Ltd applies the principles of equal employment in line with our company’s Employment Equity objectives. Please note that in order to consider your application or interest, KAL Group Ltd will have to process your personal information and that such processing will be subject to the KAL Group HR Processing notice which can be accessed by viewing it on the KAL Group Ltd website under the following hyperlink: https://www.kalgroup.co.za/legal/