Business Line Manager at Ann Swann Personnel Services

Duties and Responsibilities 

• Full responsibility for business development (profit & loss) within South Africa and Regional countries.
• Developing the industrial business in Southern Africa to a higher and more sustainable level, achieving profitable growth targets with a strong emphasis on Market Share and consolidated profitability.
• Strategic planning and development for both existing and new opportunities and market segments.
• Maintain close relationships with the product company to develop and implement business strategy and marketing plans and provide feedback on market trends and competition.
• Give full attention to customer care, retention and interaction with specific attention to our customer's feedback to ensure continuous improvement.
• Maintain a strong focus on key account management for major segments and customers.
• Further develop the existing distributor channel to market with both current and new distributor partners in line with divisional strategy.
• To develop, lead and motivate a strong sales team maximising the resources to "feet on the street" thereby achieving territory management objectives.
• Closely follow up on business results versus trends and analyse and report on deviations from plan.
• Actively supports the preparation and delivery of monthly business reports and presentation of company, business review and management meetings.
• Develop the digital marketing and communication strategy with a strong focus on lead generation. 

Requirements 

• Tertiary qualification in Engineering.
• Computer literate in Microsoft; Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Outlook. 
• 5 years minimum experience in the mining/manufacturing sector. 
• Compressed Air Business Background is advantageous.
• Good financial understanding.
• Marketing mindset initiative (Digital).
• Strong Sales Management skill.