Sales Manager

Our client is seeking a Sales Manager who will be responsible for managing the sales and marketing function, manage and develop the team into a high-performance unit that will grow our client's sales effort locally and internationally and develop processes and systems to achieve this effort.

Responsibilities

• Overall responsibility for sales and marketing, reporting directly to the CEO.
• Develop, monitor and achieve sales targets.
• Lead and develop the sales team.
• Investigate and initiate new customers as well as new areas of business.
• Develop a robust annual marketing plan and then implement same.
• Ensure proper communication between sales, R&D and production to ensure the divisions work seamlessly together for the benefit of the company.
• Work with the CEO to cultivate new corporate customers and OEMs.
• Monitor and actively intervene in customer satisfaction and service levels.
• Act as the person of second-last resort in resolving customer complaints. The CEO is the last resort.
• Develop, monitor and achieve sales targets.
• Provide revised monthly sales forecasts.
• Responsible for margin achievement.
• Develop and implement a robust marketing plan.
• Lead and develop the sales team into a high-performance unit that can take the company forward.

Skills

• Strong leadership skills with ability to work across cultures and different levels.
• Excellent organizational and multitasking skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Professionally presentable.
• Ability to work under strict deadlines and timelines.

Qualifications

• Proven work experience as a Sales Manager and/or Marketing Manager.
• Motor industry experience would be an advantage.
• Hands on experience with CRM software and MS Office (MS Excel in particular) and SYSPRO.
• Understanding of sales performance metrics.