Sales Rep (Beverages, Code 08)

Out on the road for a pet food manufacturer in Thohoyandou, your car is your office and the store floor is your pitch. If you learn fast and don't mind being shown things twice, you'll settle in within a few weeks.

This post is in Thohoyandou (Limpopo). Please only apply if you can travel there daily.

• Send your manager a daily report with volumes against target.
• Set up promotional displays and check planogram compliance with photos.
• Collect cash or EFT proof on van sales and bank daily.
• Take orders from store managers and spaza owners on the sales app.
• Run in-store tastings and demos on month-end weekends.
• Visit 8 to 15 outlets a day on a planned call cycle.

• Comfortable with a smartphone sales app and WhatsApp reporting
• 1 to 3 years of FMCG, merchandising or route sales experience
• Physically able to lift cases and pack shelves
• Good with people from store managers to tuck-shop owners
• Matric
• You know the townships, suburbs and main roads of your area

• A sales or marketing certificate
• Speaking two or more local languages
• Your own reliable car for a car-allowance position

• Cellphone and data allowance
• Branded uniform and safety boots
• Company vehicle or car allowance plus petrol card
• Product samples and staff pricing

• Name the areas you know and the store types you have serviced (supermarket chains, independents, spazas) in your CV summary.
• Recruiters check your licence first, so attach a clear certified copy and note any clean driving record.