Sale Manager jobs in Australia
Sale / General Manager
Job summary
A company in the building industry located in Durban, South Africa, seeks a Sales Manager to develop and implement strategies for a new brand. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in the doors and windows market, strong leadership skills, and the ability to manage accounts. This role offers competitive compensation, including a commission on sales and the chance to lead a new division within the company.
Benefits
Qualifications
- Proven experience in the doors, windows, gates, or security gates industry.
- Strong track record in corporate and wholesaler sales.
- Exceptional leadership and people management skills.
Responsibilities
- Develop and execute go-to-market strategy for new brand.
- Drive sales growth through new account acquisition.
- Oversee daily operations and manage budgets.
Skills
- Develop and execute the go-to-market strategy for the new brand and product.
- Drive sales growth through new account acquisition (corporates, wholesalers, contractors, and distributors) and by expanding existing customer relationships.
- Oversee daily operations of the division, working closely with production, logistics, and aftersales teams.
- Manage budgets, pricing structures, profitability, and debtor controls.
- Build strong customer confidence by ensuring high levels of service, product reliability, and timely delivery.
- Establish and maintain relationships with key industry stakeholders, including project managers, architects, and developers.
- Lead, train, and grow a motivated sales team.
- Represent the company at trade events and within the market as the professional face of the new brand.
- Report directly to directors with monthly updates on targets, challenges, and growth opportunities.
- Proven experience in the doors, windows, gates, or security gates industry is highly advantageous.
- Strong track record in corporate and wholesaler sales is essential.
- Experience working with project managers and within low-cost housing projects will be a distinct advantage.
- Demonstrated success in building and growing a new brand, division, or product line.
- Strong financial acumen, with the ability to manage budgets, margins, and profitability.
- Exceptional leadership and people management skills.
- Excellent problem-solving, decision-making, and strategic thinking ability.
- Confident communicator with strong negotiation and relationship-building skills.
- Competitive cost-to-company package structured in a way that best benefits the candidate.
- 12% commission on sales performance.
- Bonuses are not guaranteed and apply only to the basic salary portion of the cost-to-company package. If granted, they are paid 50% in December and 50% on your birthday.
- The unique opportunity to establish and lead a brand-new division within an established company.
- Support from a strong operations and marketing team.
The chance to make a lasting impact in the South African building market.
* The salary benchmark is based on the target salaries of market leaders in their relevant sectors. It is intended to serve as a guide to help Premium Members assess open positions and to help in salary negotiations. The salary benchmark is not provided directly by the company, which could be significantly higher or lower.
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