Requirements:

• A bachelor’s degree or National Diploma in Sales, Business Development, Marketing or a related field.

• A Matric Certificate.

• Minimum of 3 Years’ solid experience in Business Development & Best Practices within the sales environment.

• Strong sales & marketing knowledge (ideally in the food hygiene services industry).

Responsibilities:

• Actively search, pursue, and engage potential clients.

• Knowledge of existing contracts and weekly meetings with the Regions General Manager & Operations Manager.

• Manage the compilation and, where necessary, draft high-quality proposals, bids and tender responses.

• Follow up and survey leads generated through various channels and cold calling.

• Ensure tenders and bids are responded to in a professional, timely and compliant manner.

• Engage and manage strategic suppliers who are providing solutions and commercial content for proposals, bids and tender responses.

• Identify weaknesses in the sales process and address.

• Follow up on cancelled contracts.

• Implement and manage strategic initiatives to ensure that annual growth targets are met and ideally exceeded to increase the company’s market share.

• Achieve Monthly Sales Budgets by implementing and maintaining a marketing and sales strategy.

• Identifying new growth opportunities by market segments.

• Using the full marketing mix for the company’s marketing communications.

• Train the team on Fundamental understanding of ISO22000/FSSC22000, R638 and our responsibilities as a cleaning and hygiene service provider.

• Assists the team understands and drafts assistance in terms of PRP’s (pre-requisite programs in food hygiene).