SALES ASSISTANT

SCOPE

We are looking for a young, vibrant, well presentable female, that would need to have a strong personality and good with cold calling Sales Assistant to take responsibility for providing strong and proactive sales support to the head of sales and the sales department.

1. JOB DETAILS:

• BASIC COMPETENCIES / JOB SUCCESS

CLERICAL The potential or capacity to classify; to put in orderly fashion; to arrange; to select   EMOTIONAL] SENSITIVITY The potential or capacity to understand and to appreciate why people feel like they feel when they are intolerant, concerned, down-hearted, moody, angry etc.   FEEDBACK The potential or capacity to provide positive, helpful and productive feedback to coworkers   CONCEPTUALISATION The potential or capacity to reason in spatial terms; to see the relationship between parts; to `complete the picture”; to envisage the whole or end result; to anticipate the outcome.   LIAISON The potential or capacity to establish effective personal contacts and to act as the channel for contact with other parties   EXCELLENCE ORIENTATION                   The potential to set and achieve high standards of excellence and ongoing improvement in excellence as the outcome of uncompromising self-discipline and determination   LISTENING POTENTIAL The potential or capacity to listen and to understand what has been heard objectively          PERSEVERING The potential or capacity to be adamant, insisting, driving, risk-taking, task-minded, punctual, assertive, arrogant, intolerant, challenging etc.

• FUNCTIONAL COMPETENCY REQUIREMENTS:

1. Grade 12;
2. At least 2 years of experience of having worked in an administrative environment, preferably sales or human resources;
3. Competence in the MS Office suite of products;
4. Experience and knowledge of having worked with ERP and CRM systems such as Syspro, SAP, Oracle etc.
5. Age limit: 25- to 30-year-old

• KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS:

Orientation and system familiarity Get familiar with the company products, services and sales process Get familiar with the brochures, intro letters and email templates and use them when communicating. Review the CRM Sales board and LinkedIn database functions and update them   Database and Lead clean-up Review current leads and check for missing or outdated details Correct bounced email addresses Categorize leads by region for targeted campaigns   Communication flow practice Send out intro letters and brochures to new or inactive leads. Do follow-up calls and emails   Appointment coordination Book appointments for sales staff Send the sales team all meeting details in advance   KPI tracking setup Fill in the KPI tracking sheet everyday which includes logging lead progress, appointments set and follow ups completed.

• KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS:

Ensure that you cover at least 2 industries per week in terms of introductory emails. Ensure that you send out at least 40 introductory emails per week. Ensure that all introductory emails are followed up within 3 to 5 days. Ensure that the top 20 regional organograms are maintained and updated at all times. Ensure that there is at least 1 sales appointment set up per day for any of the salespeople.

Salary R16 000 per month