External Sales Representative - Mining

An opportunity exists to join a growing dynamic sales team backed by a leading company experienced in the industrial automation and IT instrumentation industry for over 25 years! Our client in the Industrial Automation is expanding its sales team to provide further specialized professional service and support to a loyal and growing customer base. The customer base includes blue-collar clients both private and government sectors which expands into the African continent.
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Provide excellent and innovative sales & support services, communications, consulting and technical sales solutions across the company's full range of specialised award-winning, ruggedised products for client applications within the Industrial Automation industry.
• Grow existing database, generates new leads.
• Build strong customer relationships with dedicated efficient sales, successful solutions, and admin services.
• Tenders & Projects: from conception to completion
• Maintain and update CRM system.
• Travelling to client sites for assessments and presentations
• Service-driven professional, promotes and supports efficiency, service improvement and specialised dedicated support for the company and its customers.
• Achieve Monthly Sales Targets
• Achieve external calls & meeting targets
• Achieves weekly sales meeting targets
• Works well with peers to become part of the growing team.
• Reports to and works closely with the sales manager.
• Keeps updated with product and industry innovations.
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE:
• 3 - 5 years successful external sales experience within a similar industry, experience providing engineering / technical sales support solutions (provide references)
• Sales/background in Engineering, Networking, Electrical industrial automation, plant automation solutions (or similar) could hold an unfinished electrical engineering qualification, or industry experience (advantageous)
• BCom / Electrical or similar (Advantageous)
• CISCO / CCNA N+ (Advantageous)
• Basic knowledge of SAP software (training provided)
• CRM experience
• MS Office, Excel, Word, PowerPoint (presentations)
• Positive attitude, highly motivated “can do” attitude.
SKILLS & REQUIREMENTS:
• Selling, designing, supporting, and implementing industrial automation applications and solutions in the Mining Sector
• Age: 28 to 38 years
• South African Citizen and valid ID
• Own reliable car and valid (Code B) Driver’s license (advantage PDP license)
• Excellent communication skills, proficient in English
• Ability to work under pressure
• Travelling & consulting as and where needed
• Motivated, Excellent Communicator, always professional.
• Pass Training requirements.
PACKAGE & REMUNERATION:
• Basic R25k – R30k (Negotiable based on skills, work experience and ability) Plus Commission
• Medical Aid Subsidy*
• Training provided where necessary (certifications)
• Company Car to be negotiated on *successful completion of probation period.
• Company and Business Tools (such as company cell phone & laptop (negotiable, based on successful probation period, training, and approval by the company)