National Sales Manager (Automotive)

Staff Solutions; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Staff Solutions is seeking a senior professional to lead dealer development and drive growth in the automotive sector in Gauteng. You will steer dealer relations and business development activities, aligning plans with corporate objectives and ensuring robust OEM-dealer collaboration.

The role focuses on expanding fleet and financial services, managing teams, and delivering agreed KPIs while maintaining compliance with SA industry standards.

Qualifications

• Education: Diploma/ Degree or equivalent.
• Automotive industry experience in a similar role is preferred.
• 5–10 years in a related role.

Responsibilities

• Develop dealer development plans aligned with corporate objectives.
• Guide dealer relations team to identify suitable dealers meeting criteria.
• Develop promotion plans for new dealers to understand OEM requirements and enter operation quickly.
• Advise on liaison between OEM and dealers to support a win–win relationship.
• Set and achieve annual/quarterly/monthly dealer sales targets and monitor progress.
• Organize dealer meetings to ensure expected outcomes.

Skills

Excellent communication

Assertive

Deadline-driven

Pressure management

Education

Diploma/ Degree or equivalent

Job description

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Dealer Development:

• Develop dealer development plans to align with company’s corporate business objectives.
• Guiding the dealer relations team to identify suitable potential dealers in target markets, ensuring that they meet company’s authorization criteria and leading the dealer development team to achieve dealer development targets
• Develop promotion plans for new dealers to ensure that new dealers can understand the OEM requirements and enter operation as soon as possible
• Responsible for advising on the liaison between OEM and dealers to ensure that dealers can understand the OEM's products, policies, and other requirements and that the OEM can understand the demands and suggestions of the dealers and support a win-win relationship between the OEM and the dealers
• Make the sales target (annual, quarterly, and monthly) of the dealer and be responsible for the completion of the task target of the dealer
• Regularly organize dealer meetings to ensure that the meetings achieve the expected results

Business Development:

• Develop fleet business, and find potential key customers, including but not limited to leasing companies, and other corporate users with demand, to ensure that the fleet business completes the company to reach the target
• Follow up the implementation of the fleet business and car rental projects that have already been carried out, and solve the problems that arise promptly to protect the rights and interests of company
• Develop financial business, including floorplan business and retail financial business,
• customers include but are not limited to banks, financial companies, etc.
• Strive to improve company’s competitiveness in the field of finance in the automotive sector, using automotive retail finance as one of the main tools to enhance competitiveness
• Establish and maintain good interaction with other industry associations or key customers, such as NAAMSA
• Develop government procurement business to ensure company’s products are on the RT57 list and generate sales contribution

Management:

• Manage members of the dealer relations team and business development team, develop their KPI's, and ensure they can actively achieve their KPI's following the correct path
• Develop processes and systems related to distributor business and business development to ensure that there are clear standards for business development in both business lines and that processes are in line with company regulations and auditing requirements
• Produce reports related to the two business lines, guide and supervise team members to complete the information collection and report filling as required to help them correctly use the various reports as tools to support their work
• Report regularly to the company and the department on the progress and target achievement of the dealer development business and the business development business
• For key matters, that require the company to make decisions, prepare relevant proposals and report to the company, and strive to obtain the company's approval
• Support other work of the company and department:
• Support and assist other business lines within the department, such as shopfitting, handling of customer complaints, and other matters requiring assistance
• Organize the marketing committee and maintain communication with the local marketing committee members in South Africa to obtain the support of the marketing committee for marketing work
• Representing the department at internal and external events and meetings
• Assist company when needed with the contacts and relationships of key stakeholders in the motor industry, such as NRCS, homologation, Natis, Banks, Insurance companies, etc.
• Advise the company if we do not follow the SA business standards related to the normal business practices in the motor industry

Qualifications and Other:

• Education: Diploma/ Degree or equivalent
• Industry Experience: Automotive industry experience is a top priority.
• Working Experience: 5- 10 years in a similar role

Professional Skills:

• Excellent Communication (both verbal and written)
• Assertive and deadline-driven
• Ability to work under pressure and manage a varying caseload