Position objective.

This position assumes responsibility for the selling of temperature instruments and related products and services primarily to existing customers.

Main responsibilities

• Researching and understanding the products and services offered by the business.
  
• Keeping up to date with competitor offerings and pricing
  
• Identifying and pursuing sales opportunities
  
• Answering incoming calls and e-mails to the business
  
• Attending to customers’ questions
  
• Quoting customers
  
• Following up on important quotations
  
• Capturing customer orders received
  
• Actioning of customer orders received
  
• Procurement of traded products for customer orders received
  
• Liaising with production on the status and delivery dates for production orders
  
• Monitoring and updating expected delivery dates of customer orders and updating customers
  
• Arranging for delivery or collection of customer orders
  
• Reporting on sales and profitability per customer and sales targets
  
• Arranging of marketing materials within approved budgets
  

Requirements

• N6 or higher diploma in industrial instrumentation or a related field
  
• Excellent communication in both verbal and written format
  
• Organisational skills and the ability to multi-task
  
• Familiar with the use of the Microsoft Office Suite
  
• Marketing qualifications or experience will be beneficial