New Business Development & Technical Consultant - Spartan
Ecowize
- East Rand, Gauteng Johannesburg, Gauteng
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Identify new markets and customer needs, to ensure value added service.
- Promote the company’s products.
- Manage sales targets effectively.
- Achieving daily and weekly call ratios to ensure targets are met.
- Ensure business development.
- Focus on new business development in Food industry sectors
- Meet agreed sales targets by developing and implementing a growth strategy that focuses on specific market segments.
- Develop your own customer database by creating and expanding a customer pipeline, weekly and monthly targets to be met.
- Complete client site surveys and to supply solutions to the clients.
- Supply management with reports on customer needs and problems
- Negotiate sales and clinch business deals.
- Initiate invoicing & payment.
- Conduct handing over of new contracts to operations.
- Focus on value of offering – follow up with after sales service.
- Improve and maintain standard of service.
- Implement customer product training when required.
- Present reports - sales trends, customer growth, customer issues.
- Able to adapt to specific market.
- Grade 12
- 3-5 years’ experience in selling products to the food and beverage industry.
- Exposure in bio security and hospitality applications that includes Open plant, CIP bio security products to poultry, swine or dairy farmers.
- Proven track record in establishing and growing hygiene markets
- Excellent selling, communication, and strong negotiation skills.
- Practical knowledge of the environment where products are used.
- Ability to train internal and external clients at all levels.
- Ability and willingness to assist clients during a night-shift audit, if and when needed.
- Must have a valid driver's license and own reliable vehicle.
- Must be comfortable with the Ecowize culture and values.
- Must be organized and structured.
- Ability to work independently.
- High level of accuracy and attention to detail
- Highly computer literate: Excel, Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint
- Ability to work under pressure and adhere to tight deadlines.
- Exceptional interpersonal skills and must have the ability to build client relationships.
- High work standards, excellent communication skills, energetic and driven.