Sales Executive – Western Cape                                    

Are you a hunter, ambitious, self-motivated, confident, and persistent?

Do you see yourself being part of a winning team?

Look no further, then this Sales Executive position based at our Compass Medical Waste Services branch in Blackheath, Western Cape, is just for you.

Key Responsibilities:

• Achieving or exceeding monthly sales targets.
• Maintaining and developing relationships with existing customers.
• Managing customer requirements to understand, anticipate and meet their needs practically, whilst spotting potential sales opportunities.
• Increase and generate new business sales through existing customer base (up sales/cross sales)
• Conduct market research to identify selling possibilities and opportunities.
• Educate customers on the industry requirements.
• Secure business through signing of long-term service level agreements (customer retention)
• Overseeing customers in both the private and public sectors
• General administration
• Gathering market, customer, and competitor information
• Ability to work well under pressure and to maintain effectiveness during changing conditions.
• Ability to travel and stay away from home for short periods.

Required skills and Qualifications:

• Matric or Grade 12 / NQF 4 learning ability.
• Minimum 5 Years sales / medical representative experience.
• Basic accounting knowledge.
• Sales and Marketing Diploma / Nursing Diploma an added advantage
• Knowledge of the Health Care Risk Waste Industry an added advantage.
• Possess excellent interpersonal skills.
• Must own reliable transport with a clear and valid driver’s licence.
• Excellent communication and liaison skills at all levels, verbal and written.
• Computer literate with the ability to formulate reports.

To Apply:

Should you feel that you meet the requirements, we encourage you to apply. Please submit your resume and cover letter to recruitment@compass.za.net

Thank you for your interest in this opportunity. Kindly note the following:

1. 1.     Only suitably qualified, shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
2. 2.     If you have not been contacted within 14 days of the closing date of this advert, you should consider your application unsuccessful. Notwithstanding this, you are welcome to apply for other vacancies at our organisation, provided the requirements are met in each instance. Please keep an eye on our website and other career platforms for future opportunities that may arise.
3. 3.     By applying for this vacancy and/or sending your CV along with any supporting documents, you give your express consent to the Company to process and retain your personal information for the current opportunity as well as for future opportunities. There is, however, no expectation placed on the Company to contact you for future opportunities. The onus remains on you as the applicant to express a clear interest in a vacancy in writing, on each occasion.
4. 4.     You declare that all information supplied to the Company for the purposes of recruitment is accurate, up to date, not misleading and that it is complete in all respects.
5. 5.     You grant the Company the right to do full background checks, including one or more of the following: reference checks, qualification checks, credit checks and criminal record checks.
6. 6.     We are an equal opportunity Employer and value diversity in our organisation.
7. 7.     The Company reserves the right to withdraw a vacancy and/or not to fill an advertised position.