Cape Town: General Manager: Sales – Cape Town posted by Staff Unlimited Recruitment Pty Ltd

About the Role

The General Manager: Sales role at Staff Unlimited Recruitment Pty Ltd is a critical position that requires a seasoned professional to lead and drive sales strategy, team management, and marketing initiatives. The successful candidate will be responsible for refining and enhancing the company’s sales and marketing approach, managing high-performance teams, and implementing strategic initiatives to drive growth and increase market share.

Key Responsibilities

• Contribute to the process of refining and enhancing the current and future sales and marketing strategy.
• Manage and support a high-performance team that deliver and execute the company’s sales, marketing, brand, and communications functions.
• Manage a team of sales specialists who actively search, pursue, and engage potential clients within the Cleaning Services, Technical Services, and Bundled Services arenas across all key sectors/verticals.
• Compile, draft, and manage high-quality proposals, bids, and tender responses.
• Develop sales budgets in accordance with marketing and sales strategy.
• Account for achievement of sales budgets.
• Implement and manage strategic initiatives to ensure annual growth targets are met and ideally exceeded.
• Plan, develop, and implement an effective marketing, brand, and communication strategy and subsequent campaigns.
• Re-appraise and standardize existing and new contract costs and margins.
• Manage the quality and standards of copy and branding for all marketing collateral, bids, and proposal documents, presentations, external and internal communications in all media formats.
• Recommend creative, unique, and effective selling techniques based on researched market analysis.
• Monitor ongoing spend against the budget, keeping accurate records and highlighting variances.
• Monitor statistics and surveys.
• Uphold good business ethics and image portrayal.
• Identify new growth opportunities by market segments.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree/National Diploma in Sales/Business Development/Marketing.
• Valid Driver’s License.
• Minimum 10 Years Solid Experience in Business Development, Market Trends & Best Practices Within the Marketing/Sales Environment.
• Strong Sales & Marketing Knowledge (in the Services Industry), Negotiations Skills, Project Management, Commercial Acumen.

Qualifications

No formal education or certifications are required for this role.