Operations

Sales Representative (mpumalanga)

Smollan·Mpumalanga, south-africa·Full Time·Onsite
OperationsFull TimeOnsite
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Description

Key Responsibilities and Deliverables:

Sales and Communication Management

  • Manage staff to ensure adherence to basic merchandising requirements and objectives of that function
  • Ensure continual drive for sales through repeat replenishment by staff
  • Ensure that all new lines are ordered as soon as the product is listed
  • Ensure store staff and management are aware of new lines, stock and supplier issues, and staff issues
  • Discuss future promotions, focus lines, stock issues or any other relevant information
  • Communicate all relevant Franchise issues through submission of the Franchise contact report
  • Identify and take appropriate action where over-stock situations occur and also when
  • short-dated coded stock is found as per the
  • Short Dated and Expired Stock policy
  • Communicate pricing, listing, product, packaging or stock issues directly to management
  • Manage returns and waste

Customer Service

  • Respond promptly to all customer and supplier complaints and requests (24hr turnaround)
  • Ensure that feedback on the above is detailed and correct
  • Ensure that all suppliers and customers are treated with the required respect

Key Manage Technology

  • Complete all relevant tasks, audits on SMART in full and in time
  • Ensure adoption and effective usage of SMART by store teams (where applicable)

Promotional Activity Management

  • Ensure that all promotional activity is completed, sufficient stock is ordered, displays, ends and
  • Point of Sales are erected correctly and on time.
  • Ensure store teams are informed about promotions
  • Communicate promotional activities to store teams
  • Ensure promotional activities have been implemented and maintained
  • Provide feedback on promotional implementation
  • Achieve POP Objectives and Targets
  • Ensure generic Planograms (flows) are implemented
  • Ensure store-specific planograms and category flows are implemented and maintained
  • Ensure shelf health is implemented and maintained
  • Ensure PI labels are updated and in the correct place
  • Ensure promotional signage is implemented and maintained
  • Communicate sales targets to the Store teams
  • Identify in-store cross-merchandising opportunities
  • Monitor sales to ensure sales targets are achieved

Operational Excellence

  • Communicate with store management on every visit (GNAP and feedback)
  • Basic merchandising principles
  • Shelf health and stock rotation and stock management policies (Gap Scan, OOS label, stock counts)
  • Manage the store teams required to ensure efficient and effective day-to-day operations of the store execution, including scheduling and ensuring enough coverage by day and category
  • Continuous monitoring of service delivery
  • Implementation of sales initiatives and value-adding store operations
  • Ensure all company assets are maintained according to company policy
  • Ensure adherence to call cycle at all times.
  • Ensure that every store has a Mule Train book at all times and that it is properly utilized by the store staff
  • Continual review of store structures to align with pack out rates, trading densities and store requirements

Stakeholder Engagement

  • Proactively influencing and managing relationships to ensure growth for all
  • Provide continuous feedback as per requirements
  • Complete Franchise contact report for every visit
  • Establish and maintain effective relationships with customers, principals, peers, subordinates and colleagues

Key Competencies:

  • Critical Thinking
  • Commercial Acumen
  • Digital Fluency
  • Communication
  • Relationship Building
  • Emotional Maturity
  • Resillience
  • Organising & Coordinating
  • Delivering
  • Competitive Edge

Requirements

  • An operational leader who ensures growth by proactively influencing sales of represented lines by managing the critical resources required to ensure efficient and effective day-to-day operations; and acting as a custodian, leader, and people manager.
  • Minimum Qualifications: Diploma/NQF level 5, Driver's license (code 8)
  • Minimum Experience: 2-3 years' sales experience in an FMCG environment at a managerial/ supervisory level

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities: Communication skills (verbal & written)

  • Problem-solving
  • Analytical skills
  • Computer literacy
  • Business acumen
  • Attention to detail
  • Industrial relations knowledge
  • Decision-making skills
  • Selling skills
  • Negotiation skills
  • Planning & organising skills
  • Leadership skills
  • Proactive thinking

Key skills

National Diploma

At a glance

Company

Smollan

Location

Mpumalanga, south-africa

Employment

Full Time

Experience

Valid until

Not specified

Created

October 20, 2026