Sales Director (FMCG)
Location: PE / Gqeberha
Salary: Market-related, aligned with qualifications and experience
Email your CV to: recruit@onlinepersonnel.co.za
A strategic, high-impact role for a dynamic and performance-driven individual, with an entrepreneurial approach and proven ability to close deals, within the FMCG sector. Company is looking for an individual for succession planning, with long-term tenure in mind.
Qualifications / Requirements
- Degree/Diploma in Sales & Marketing / Business
- Ideal candidate will have been a General Manager with a strong Sales Management focus / run their own successful business, within a FMCG environment
- Proven performance in negotiating and closing deals (handling from cradle to grave) and leading a team to success
- Confident extrovert with exceptional networking and relationship-building skills, with a “fixer” mentality
- Valid driver’s license
- Highly competitive, dynamic, resilient and articulate, with strong negotiating ability
Key Performance Areas
- Lead, mentor and drive the sales team to achieve volumes, targets, margins and all key sales deliverables
- Proactively identify and secure new business opportunities (mergers and acquisitions)
- Manage and engage key customer accounts
- Provide input on product branding, sizing, revamping and market alignment
- Represent the business at expos, conferences and industry events
- Present comprehensive sales reports and insights at Director-level meetings
- Support supplier and customer relationship management
- Manage Sales financials (stats, GP, budgets, forecasts)
