Sales Representative - Inland Polokwane

We are looking for a Sales Representative who will be accountable for growing the Tiger Brands - Culinary business in store by servicing a defined route schedule within the Inland Polokwane geographical area. Inland Polokwane

You are the face of Tiger Brands to the customer at a local level for Home and Personal Care, for the Inland Polokwane region. You are accountable for growing the Tiger Brands business in store by servicing a defined route schedule within a specific geographical area. You act as a sales expert to the stores and you maximize sales through effective planning and order-writing, as well as supporting and completing activities such as merchandising, shelving, stock rotation, returns and pricing. You are dedicated towards using consumer and trade information to address the customer's needs.

Experience & qualification Requirements

• Must have a minimum of 3 years relevanrt retail sales experience (preferably in Home and Personal Care)
• Solid experience in an FMCG environment
• Must be willing to travel the required geographical route
• Drivers license compulsory
• Ability to work independently
• Must be an honest, hardworking and customer focused person

Competencies

• Influencing Others you influence others by demonstrating your desire to win and demonstrate your commitment to help your customers win at the point of purchase.
• Owning It you serve on our businesss front line and drive our growth. You are passionate about sales at the point of purchase. You are committed to sales success and see yourself as responsible for your own success or failure.
• Driving Long Term Results you are fixated on hitting sales targets but you also look beyond todays problems.
• Developing Myself and Others you are open to learning new things and you find ways to grow and develop your selling skills and abilities.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain a complete knowledge of Tiger Brands products within your portfolio, sales systems and procedures.
• Develop strong business relationships with store management to provide service and value beyond the customer's expectations.
• Perform in-store planning by tailoring programs and fact-based sales presentations to the customer's needs, store demographics, and the current consumer base.
• Work with customers to ensure sufficient product is ordered to support consumer take away.
• Implement POP drivers as per customer and brand plans and report on the POP scorecard.
• Take stock on every call cycle.
• Ensure that stores are complying promotional space and pricing agreements.
• Ensure SKUs by category and space are as per the trade agreement.
• Communicate plans and effectively manage merchandising resources to build sales volume at store level. Work in conjunction with the merchandiser to ensure inventory is fully stocked, rotated and presentable at all times.
• Properly credit and dispose of all returns from all stores.
• Gather intelligence and report on customer preferences, competitive activity & pricing.
• Act as the link between our Customer Managers and customer store management.
• Effective and timeous presentation of deal sheets to buyers.
• Effectively manage all customer documentation and administration such as application forms, claims, payments etc.

In accordance with the employment equity plan of Tiger Brands and its employment equity goals and targets, preference may be given, but is not limited, to candidates from under-represented designated groups.

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