Permanent - External Sales Engineer/Representative - Cape Town - South Africa

Reports to the Branch Manager - Cape Town

Based in Cape Town, servicing the Western and Eastern Cape Areas

Summary of Position:

External Sales Representative, generate sales based on the organisation’s product offerings. Success is measured by sales brought in, customer service and customer retention.

Responsibilities and Duties:

Providing technical information and solutions to clients and suppliers. 

Preparing quotations and tenders for clients. 

Resolving customer queries. 

Provide administrative support for the production of RFIs, RFPs, RFQs and other sales related documents. 

Maintain client databases. 

Attending to existing buying customers.

New customer development. 

Develop and grow all product ranges. 

Assist with technical support on sites.

Cold Calling 

Generating new customer growth. 

Quote follow ups. 

Weekly reports & Maintain CRM

Collaboration with the Group's electrical portfolio team. 

Market research.

Assisting at shows.

Complying with any reasonable tasks given by all members of management from time to time. 

Participating in providing product training to customers. 

Identify New Customer base and report monthly on progress. 

Flexibility of extensive travelling.

Achieve set monthly sales targets.

Qualifications and Experience:

Matric Certificate/NQF Level 4 Electrical Qualification or The Equivalent;

At Least 4-5 Years’ Sales Experience in the Electrical Engineering Industry (Electrical Background is Critical); and 

Previous Customer Service Experience. 

Computer Literacy (Microsoft Package, Word And Excel); and

Syspro Knowledge Advantageous.

Well developed report writing skills; 

Well developed problem solving skills; 

Well developed decision making skills;

Excellent organizational and administrative skills; 

Excellent communication skills and a growing sale focus;

Sound product/service knowledge; 

Attention to detail. 

ESSENTIAL: Previous experience in the Material Handling and Crane industry

Previous experience in Flexible Cable Beneficial;

Electrical & Mechanical Field experience. 

Material handling knowledge of all types of industrial applications & Knowledge