Sales Representative – African Development (Botswana), Saint Gobain

Saint Gobain is the world leader in habitat and construction markets. It designs, manufactures and distributes building materials and provide innovative solutions to meet the growing demand in emerging economies.

Job Responsibilities:

Reporting to the sales manager, the sales representative will be required to;

-Promote and sell company products to current and potential clients
-Increase sales, margins and market share
-Prepare action plans and schedules to identify specific target market ; and follow up on new leads and referrals
-The incumbent will be required to prepare status reports, presentations, proposals and sales contracts
-He/she will be required to provide new product and service opportunities and feed back to appropriate staff members, develop and implement special sales activities to reduce stock, follow up on collections and payments and ensure delivery of merchandise and service, and participate in marketing events.

Academic qualifications and experience:

The candidate must have attained the following:

-A Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture, Marketing or related field
-A minimum of 3 years experience in Architecture
-Similar experience in a sales environment will be an added advantage
-Valid, endorsed driver’s licence

Competencies:

-Excellent communication skills
-Interpersonal skills
-Strong customer focus
-Team working skills
-Result orientated
-Have commercial awareness
-Be willing to work on a flexible schedule and travel extensively within Africa

Only interested candidates who meet the above requirements should apply by providing and application letter and curriculum vitae (CV) with at least three (3) referees to:

CGP Consultants
Private Bag 00230
Gaborone

Or email to: njalakangwa.cgp@info.bw

Or hand deliver to: Unit 103, Plot 64516, Showground Close, Gaborone

Please contact us on: 3951147

Only short listed candidates will be responded to

Closing date: 28 February 2014 at 1600hrs