Sales Representative: Retail - County Fair

Trending Talent Solutions; Wes-Kaap; On-site; ZAR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

County Fair, a division of Astral Operations Limited, is seeking a Sales Representative for the Cape Town-area business unit in Epping. The role focuses on maximizing sales opportunities across retail accounts and executing effective sales strategies aligned with business goals.

The successful candidate will build strong relationships with retailers, handle inbound inquiries, promote our brands, and ensure on-shelf availability while meeting daily targets and KPIs.

Qualifications

• A marketing-related tertiary qualification will be an added advantage.
• Sales experience in FMCG is advantageous.
• Must be bilingual in two South African languages.

Responsibilities

• Establish strong relationships with retail customers.
• Respond to inbound sales enquiries professionally.
• Promote and grow our brands at retail.
• Negotiate products and prices with clients and manage stock levels.
• Ensure products are displayed on shelf and monitor availability.
• Meet daily targets and regular KPIs.

Skills

Relationship building

Customer service

Negotiation

Merchandising

Reporting in pivot tables

Microsoft Office

Communication

Independent working

Education

Marketing-related tertiary qualification

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

County Fair, a division of Astral Operations Limited, has an opportunity for a Sales Representative at the business unit in Epping, Cape Town.

The purpose of this role is to maximize sales opportunities for all retail accounts and to drive effective sales strategies in line with the objectives of the business.

The ideal candidate will be responsible for:

• Establishing strong relationships with retail customers
• Professionally responding to all inbound sales enquiries
• Interacting with the Liaison Manager for new business opportunities
• Promoting and growing our brands
• Interacting and negotiating our products and prices with our existing and new clients
• Ensuring that our full range of products are displayed on shelf and that we
• work towards a healthy on -shelf display of our products
• Maintaining a specified customer base and ensuring excellent after-sales service
• Attending trade shows and exhibitions as required and must have the ability
• to plan and manage territory through ethical sales methods
• An external merchandising agency for your existing customer base
• Gathering Market Intelligence to improve our competitive advantage
• Engaging our merchandising partners (Vector, Daymon and CPG)
• Total on-shelf availability control
• Ordering of Stock to ensure correct product mix at store level
• Quality Control on shelf
• Maintaining good customer service working relationship
• Ensuring maximum service levels in stores and on shelf
• Servicing our internal and external customers effectively
• Communicating out-of-stocks daily with Sales department
• Recording fridge breakdowns in stores
• Returns management according to the Company’s return policy
• Accountable for driving daily targets set out by the business, either to meet or exceed targets
• Ensure daily KPI’s are met

The successful candidate will meet the following requirements:

• A marketing-related tertiary qualification will be an added advantage
• Must be familiar with the Poultry Industry
• Sales experience in the FMCG sector is a great advantage
• Must have a reliable vehicle with a valid code 8 driver’s license
• Microsoft Office Suite (MS Word, MS Excel, MS Outlook and MS PowerPoint)
• Must be able to do reporting in pivot tables
• The incumbent will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills;
• Excellent administration and problem-solving skills;
• Basic understanding of the 20 Keys concept is essential;
• Must be able to work independently, as well as in a team environment, and cope well under pressure;
• It is essential that the successful candidate be self-motivated with the ability to meet strict deadlines.
• The incumbent will assist with various other duties and responsibilities within the sales department as required from time to time
• Must be bilingual (two South African languages) in order to converse with our diverse customer base