Job Opportunities at Canon

Sales & Marketing

• Sell Canon South Africa hardware and solutions, with specific focus on Production Print, Wide format, Display graphics and Pro Print Solutions, and reach revenue quotas for the B2B direct channel.
• Collaborate with teammates and maintain a positive and professional attitude fostering teamwork.
• Achieve quota for number of daily and weekly sales activity with prospective customers and end users.
• Actively work with your manager and team to improve the offering and value proposition to existing target markets and verticals
• Develop, present, and implement plans to your manager to successfully attack new target markets and market verticals.
• Business travel as appropriate, as approved by your manager to accomplish your assigned duties

The Professional Print Account Manager is responsible for ensuring that:

• All the duties of the Professional Print Account Manager are completed as per the job descriptions.
• Develop and implement business plans to attract and develop current and new clients and end users for the Canon South Africa direct channel.
• Report back to the business on technical, financial, and procedural areas of the business that can be improved and developed to improve the direct offering of Canon South Africa.
• They fully understand the product and solutions portfolio to their disposal and provide feedback to the business on further training needed to improve their own ability to sell these products and solution
• Liaise with the relevant Canon internal resources with regards to best practices and sales strategies in market verticals
• Work with the marketing department to develop marketing plans for new products and market verticals
• Monitor and measure and report on issues, opportunities and development plans and achievements within agreed formats and timescales.
• Develop and refine the strategy with regards to new business development.
• Ensure that customer satisfaction levels are met
• Contractual on boarding of new clients and ends users
• Sales quotas are met as assigned.
• Prepare and submit sales activity reports and sales forecasts as are requested required by your manager or Head of Sales.
• Maintain all prospective customer data in the company database or other as defined by your manager and Director and use the information contained therein as the sole resource for prospective customer
• Business Development Plans are reviewed and approved prior to implementation.
• Developing a solid and trusting relationship between major key clients and company
• Resolving key client issues and complaints
• Developing a complete understanding of key account needs
• Anticipating key account changes and improvements
• Managing communications between key clients and internal teams
• Managing account team assigned to each client
• Strategic planning to improve client results
• Negotiating contracts with the client and establishing a timeline of performance
• Collaborating with the sales team to maximize profit by up-selling or cross-selling
• Meeting all client needs and deliverables according to proposed timelines
• Expanding relationships and bringing in new clients

What we ask

• University or bachelor’s degree preferred
• 6 years directly related previous work experience
• Sales experience in production print or office automation industry is preferred
• 6 years demonstrated sales experience selling complex service-oriented offerings via direct B2B

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Colour Printer Maintenance:

• Perform routine maintenance, repairs, and troubleshooting of imagePRESS printers.
• Keep abreast of software updates, bulletins and other technical information related to Pro-Print devices.
• Ensure printers are calibrated and profiled for optimal colour accuracy.

Colour Management:

• Develop and implement colour management workflows, customised to the customer’s print environment.
• Create and manage ICC profiles for various printing conditions.
• Establish best practice standards and verifications for repeatable, consistent production results

Print Quality Control:

• Monitor and maintain high print quality standards.
• Conduct regular print quality checks, repair and make adjustments as needed.
• Monitor paper quality.

Technical Support:

• Provide technical assistance to operators and customers.
• Troubleshoot colour-related issues and resolve problems efficiently.

Training and Documentation:

• Train operators on colour printer operation, maintenance, calibration and colour management.
• Compile and maintain documentation on colour printer settings, profiles, and workflows.

What we ask

• 3 – 5 + years of experience in digital colour printing and colour management.
• Strong understanding of colour theory, advanced colour managements, and ICC profiling.
• Proficiency in colour printer operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting.
• Experience with colour management software (e.g., Adobe Color, EFI Colour Profiler Suite, PrismaSync Tools.
• Understanding of design software common to print like Photoshop, Illustrator, Corel Draw and Inkscape
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, pressure environment and prioritize tasks effectively.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Technical Certificate or Diploma from reputable Higher Education Institutions.
• Certification in printing technology and colour management.
• Experience with Canon or similar printer brands and models. Pro Series an advantage.
• Knowledge of print production workflows and software (e.g., Adobe Creative Suite, Corel).

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Sales & Marketing

• Sell Canon South Africa hardware and solutions, with specific focus on Production Print, Wide format, Display graphics and Pro Print Solutions, and reach revenue quotas for the B2B direct channel.
• Collaborate with teammates and maintain a positive and professional attitude fostering teamwork.
• Achieve quota for number of daily and weekly sales activity with prospective customers and end users.
• Actively work with your manager and team to improve the offering and value proposition to existing target markets and verticals
• Develop, present, and implement plans to your manager to successfully attack new target markets and market verticals.
• Business travel as appropriate, as approved by your manager to accomplish your assigned duties

The Professional Print Account Manager is responsible for ensuring that:

• All the duties of the Professional Print Account Manager are completed as per the job descriptions.
• Develop and implement business plans to attract and develop current and new clients and end users for the Canon South Africa direct channel.
• Report back to the business on technical, financial, and procedural areas of the business that can be improved and developed to improve the direct offering of Canon South Africa.
• They fully understand the product and solutions portfolio to their disposal and provide feedback to the business on further training needed to improve their own ability to sell these products and solution
• Liaise with the relevant Canon internal resources with regards to best practices and sales strategies in market verticals
• Work with the marketing department to develop marketing plans for new products and market verticals
• Monitor and measure and report on issues, opportunities and development plans and achievements within agreed formats and timescales.
• Develop and refine the strategy with regards to new business development.
• Ensure that customer satisfaction levels are met
• Contractual on boarding of new clients and ends users
• Sales quotas are met as assigned.
• Prepare and submit sales activity reports and sales forecasts as are requested required by your manager or Head of Sales.
• Maintain all prospective customer data in the company database or other as defined by your manager and Director and use the information contained therein as the sole resource for prospective customer
• Business Development Plans are reviewed and approved prior to implementation.
• Developing a solid and trusting relationship between major key clients and company
• Resolving key client issues and complaints
• Developing a complete understanding of key account needs
• Anticipating key account changes and improvements
• Managing communications between key clients and internal teams
• Managing account team assigned to each client
• Strategic planning to improve client results
• Negotiating contracts with the client and establishing a timeline of performance
• Collaborating with the sales team to maximize profit by up-selling or cross-selling
• Meeting all client needs and deliverables according to proposed timelines
• Expanding relationships and bringing in new clients

What we ask

• University or bachelor’s degree preferred
• 6 years directly related previous work experience
• Sales experience in production print or office automation industry is preferred
• 6 years demonstrated sales experience selling complex service-oriented offerings via direct B2B