Sales Manager at Procter & Gamble

As a Sales Manager, you directly receive meaningful responsibilities as of day one. You are in charge for maintaining and expanding a long-term partnership with your customer by continuously proposing solutions and plans that meet their objectives. To do so, you’ll develop a keen understanding of your product categories and markets.

Whilst building the plans, you will not only develop your negotiating and sales skills, but also your financial & marketing skills, analytical insights and logistical understanding as you are responsible for your client from A-Z.

You'll be part of a customer team in which trust, team spirit, real passion for winning and leadership are very important.

Responsibilities:

• Developing and maintaining a productive long term relationship with your customer
• Acquire a deep understanding of your customer needs and requirements
• Acquire an in-depth understanding of your shoppers, categories and market
• Adapting and optimizing country commercial guidelines to your specific client
• Negotiating contracts, promo plans and innovations
• Preparing volume forecast and plans
• Collaborating very closely with teams from other departments;
• Resolve any issues and problems of your clients and act as a link between your customer and the internal teams
• Delivers NOS, shipment and share goals by executing the JBP plans in store/customer level
• Delivers superior Sales fundamentals to win with shoppers/buying influencers at the FMOT and Executes Perfectly at in-store/customer level.

Qualifications

• Fresh graduates with a Bachelor’s/Master's Degree and 0-1 years of work experience
• Born leaders and are passionate to make things happen, collaborating well with diverse groups of people
• Have an external focus and a real passion for Sales / Marketing
• Like to bring creativity & innovation to your work
• Strong analytical thinking and skills
• South African Citizenship
• Valid driver’s license