PB Liquor Merchants, situated in Paarl (Western Cape) is seeking to appoint the services of a competitive sales person who is passionate about alcoholic and other products, and takes pride in delivering exceptional customer service. The ideal candidate is a results-oriented individual with excellent planning and organisation skills as well as persuasive communication skills, and the ability to work collaboratively in a matrix reporting structure. The successful candidate will mainly be responsible for promoting liquor and other products with potential and existing off-consumption customers, and support the supply and distribution of products to customers in order to grow the customer base and increase wine sales. Duties and responsibilities will include: *Identify potential customers from the client base of the distributor *Plan sales calls, routes and servicing cycles (in consultation with the Sales Representatives and Merchandisers) *Meeting with potential or existing customers to promote products and attend to customers’ service requirements *Establish, develop and maintain positive business and customer relationships *Achieve agreed upon sales targets and outcomes *Monitor & analyse sales performance to identify performance trends and draw conclusions regarding results *Report on results of campaigns, incentive programmes and sales performance to suppliers, sales management and customers and provide recommendations for improvement *Monitor, evaluate, plan and control stock levels in the warehouse *Provide input to problem solving in the supply and distribution chain *all other duties related to the role. Essential qualifications, skills and experience: • Matric, a relevant tertiary qualification will be to the candidate's advantage; • Approximately 5 years’ experience in liquor sales (preferably to the off-consumption market), including experience in stock planning and control; • Proven track-record in meeting customer growth and product sales targets; • Drivers license and own transport; • Must be able to work flexible working hours. Please apply online at www.m3online.co.za before 09:00 on 12 April 2022. For general enquiries, contact our team at M3 Human Capital Management on 021 863 1444. Please note that only shortlisted candidates are contacted. If no feedback is received within two weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application was unsuccessful.