Job Description

Job Summary Duties and Responsibilities:
Leadership and Team Management

• Overseeing the daily operations of the sales team, including managing the sales pipeline, coaching, and mentoring sales representatives, and addressing performance issues
• Identifying, interviewing, and hiring new sales team members who meet the company's requirements
• Providing ongoing training and development opportunities for sales representatives to enhance their skills and knowledge

Sales strategy and planning

• Identifying and developing effective sales strategies, tactics, and processes to drive sales and achieve revenue goals
• Establishing realistic and achievable sales goals and quotas for individual sales representatives and the overall team
• Tracking and managing the sales pipeline to identify opportunities, forecast sales, and prioritize leads
• Creating and implementing comprehensive sales plans that align with the company's overall business strategy

Sales performance and reporting

• Regularly tracking and analysing sales performance data, identifying areas for improvement, and adjusting sales strategies as needed
• Generating reports on sales activity, analysing performance metrics, and providing regular forecasts of future sales
• Developing and managing the sales budget, ensuring that resources are allocated effectively to support sales efforts

Client Relations and Business Development

• Developing and maintaining strong relationships with key clients, understanding their needs, and ensuring their satisfaction
• Developing and implementing strategies to generate new leads and opportunities
• Collaborating with marketing, product development, and other departments to ensure alignment and support for sales efforts
• Managing communications between key clients and internal teams
• Coordinate with company operations so that the client's expectations are met
• Develop initiatives to increase client satisfaction and retention
• Negotiating contracts with clients and establishing a timeline for performance

Meeting and Project Management

• Coordinate the diaries of the sales team and self
• Conclude meeting/s with new, potential, and existing clients
• Understand the needs and requirements of all new and potential clients
• Presentation of current offer/s to all new and potential clients
• Agree on proposal terms:
• Number of learners
• Demographics
• On-site or off-site solution
• Qualification
• Payment terms
• Start date
• Appointments for all renewals must be set on the basis listed below:
• For all clients, irrespective of where the client is based, one client visit needs to be done per year, over and above the renewal meeting as stated above
• All client renewal visits must be set within a minimum period of 60 Days before the completion of the clients' current program
• All renewal documentation must be completed no later than one (1) month before the completion of the clients' current program
• Act as the key interface between the client and all relevant departments
• Manage a client's project/s from beginning to end
• Maintain and update client contact records
• Meeting all client needs and deliverables according to proposed timelines

Client Proposal

• Complete a skills analysis for new/potential clients
• Draft and populate the proposal as per the proposed terms discussed in the meeting
• Forward a prepared proposal to the client with additional information required
• Follow up on the proposal after two (2) days, to see if the client has accepted or not
• If the proposal is accepted, receive the signed proposal from the client, with the supporting documents:
• Tax Clearance
• Company Registration Documents
• Fixed Term Contract/s
• Letter of Delegation (if applicable)
• Distribution of induction email to the various departments (Sourcing, Projects, Operations, Admin, Facilitation, Finance and SETA Liaison)
• The induction email content forwarded to all HOD's, include:
• The signed proposal and supporting documents
• Demographics
• Qualification
• Contract dates
• Fixed Term Contract template
• Invoice terms
• Hosting of learner
• Payroll due date
• Workplace Health Plan (WHP)

Training & Development

• Complete all tender applications for and behalf of the company
• Ensure all Service Level Agreements are completed, signed and stored
• Represent the organisation at sales and marketing conventions, trade exhibitions and other forums
• Complete monthly payment schedules for finance department
• Complete Supplier & Enterprise Development Contracts and reconciliations for loans
• Complete Sales team commission recons monthly
• Assist clients with information required for their B-BBEE Audit
• Bi-weekly meetings with all HOD's

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