Employer: Bidvest Prestige ROLE PURPOSE To contribute to the process of refining and enhancing, on an ongoing basis, the current and future sales and marketing strategy. MAIN OUTPUTS Sales: + Actively search, pursue and engage potential clients + Knowledge of existing contracts and weekly meetings with 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 solution and commercial content for proposals, bids and tender responses + Identify weaknesses in 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. Marketing: + Identifying new growth opportunities by market segments + Using the full marketing mix for the company’s marketing communications + Promote sister companies – Steiner Hygiene, TopTurf, etc. Reporting: + Provide a comprehensive sales and marketing report on a weekly and monthly basis QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS The Applicant must meet the following requirements: + Bachelor’s Degree/National Diploma in Sales/Business Development/Marketing + Matric (Senior Certificate) + Valid Driver’s License + Min 3 Years’ Solid Experience In Business Development & Best Practices within the Sales Environment + Strong Sales & Marketing Knowledge (Ideally In The Services Industry) + MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Excel, MS Outlook FUNDAMENTAL COMPETENCIES + Ability & Desire To Sell + Result Oriented + Attention To Detail + Stress Tolerant + Excellent Written Communication + Team Leadership + People & Task Orientated + Assertiveness + Action Orientated + Customer/Client Focused + Negotiation Skills + Interactive Reasoning + Planning & Scheduling + Teamwork + Relationship Building + Good Listening Skills + Excellent Oral Communication + Creative & Innovative