Business Assurance Sales Consultant - Cape Town
SGS
- Cape Town, Western Cape
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Perform all duties in accordance with the SGS Statement of Integrity.
- Compliance to all relevant SGS Business Assurance South Africa operational quality policies and procedures.
- Familiarization with audit and certification processes and practices.
- Implement the divisional Sales Plan, supported by KPI’s.
- Promoting all service offerings within the Business Assurance Unit.
- Ensure targets for proposals, client’s visits, sales of new clients and sales revenue for Business Assurance are achieved.
- Proposal follow-up on all proposals in accordance with divisional Sales policies and procedures.
- Becoming familiar and conversant with Sales Prospecting as per the SGS Business Assurance policies and procedures.
- Appropriate use and handling of Client Data/Proposal/Service Offer Worksheets.
- Adhere to all quality and safety requirements of the SGS management system.
- Target growth on the different industry sectors to increase industry mix.
- Promote the image, capability and integrity of SGS to our clients.
- Perform any other reasonable tasks as assigned by direct line manager.
- Cease the use of any equipment that may be deemed to constitute a safety hazard or entry to hazardous environments without the necessary knowledge and protection and take action to address the hazard.
- Cease to carry on with work that may affect the quality (integrity) of services and take action to address the issue.
- Initiate a formal improvement request when a deviation of the system occurs, possible improvements are identified or when nonconformity is identified.
- Food and non-food Management systems Certification Audits (ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, ISO 22000, FSSC etc.), training background
- Minimum of 3 years sales experience coupled with good industry knowledge and proven sales track record / performance.
- Customer face to face meetings, client and supplier liaison experience
- Ability to consistently meet deadlines
- Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
- Superb organizational skills
- Ability to multi-task and handle several issues simultaneously.
- Ability to maintain a positive and professional attitude when dealing with escalated issues.
- Self-motivator
- Good verbal, written and communication skills
- Ability to multi-task
- Outstanding attention to detail
- Work must be done systematically and with the highest level of accuracy.
- Organizational and record-keeping skills
- Customer focus and service orientation
- Proficient on MS Office, especially with MS Word, Outlook, PowerPoint and Excel programs
- Valid driver’s license
- Own reliable transport
- Based in Cape Town