Sales Manager / Sales Co-ordinator

Howland Recruiting; Centurion; On-site; ZAR 420,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

Howland Recruiting seeks a Sales Manager / Sales Co-ordinator for a maternity cover contract in Centurion. The role emphasizes customer service excellence, sales support, and marketing management alongside sales leadership.

The candidate should combine strong Excel skills with bilingual communication in English and Afrikaans. Responsibilities include quotations, discounting, social media engagement, and monthly sales reporting, with back-up support for Enquiry Manager and loading queries.

Qualifications

• Experience leading sales teams and coordinating sales activities at a management level.
• Proven track record in customer service excellence and relationship building.
• Experience handling marketing tasks and sales reporting.

Responsibilities

• Approve quotations and ensure pricing accuracy.
• Apply discount structures according to policy.
• Manage customer relations via social media platforms.
• Back-up loading queries from social media and Enquiry Manager.
• Maintain missed call log and weekly sales diary.
• Follow up on open/closed orders on a weekly basis.
• Generate and review monthly sales reports.
• Collect data for Marketing Department on a regular basis.
• Maintain open job cards and arrange corporate materials as needed.

Skills

Sales management

Customer service

Marketing management

Sales administration

Reporting

Excel

English fluency

Afrikaans fluency

Tools

Excel

Job description

Our Centurion-based client is looking for a Sales Manager / Sales Co-ordinator to take on a maternity cover contract (Nov 2026 - April 2027). The successful candidate will have excellent customer service and sales support skills, have marketing management and sales management skills.

Requirements

• Previous Sales Manager experience


• Sales admin and co-ordination at management level


• Experience with sales margins / GPs and reporting


• Excellent client service record


• Excellent business communication in both English and Afrikaans


• Strong Excel skills


• Valid driver’s license and own transport


• Must live <30km from Sunderlandridge

Working Hours

• Monday to Thursday: 08:00 - 17:00


• Friday: 08:00 - 15:00

Salary

• Market related

Responsibilities

• Approve quotations


• Apply discount structures


• Manage customer relations via social media platforms


• Act as back‑up for loading queries from social media


• Act as back up for Enquiry Manager


• Manage missed call log and sales diary


• Follow up on open / closed orders on a weekly basis


• Generate and review sales reports on a monthly basis


• Monthly data collection for Marketing Department


• Open job card maintenance


• Arrange business cards / T-shirts, corporate gifts, etc. on an ad‑hoc basis


• Conduct marketing research on an ad‑hoc basis