Centurion: Business Unit Manager – Specialist Products posted by Express Employment Professionals Midrand

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Centurion to join our team as a Business Unit Manager – Specialist Products. As a key member of our sales team, you will be responsible for driving business growth, developing new product lines, and managing budgets for various products in the business unit. With a strong focus on customer relationships and market trends, we are looking for an individual who can leverage their expertise to drive sales targets and achieve profit and loss goals.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare business plans for products and explore new business opportunities.
• Take ownership of the budget and expenses of relevant products in the business unit.
• Prepare and implement agreed business plans and action plans for which you will be responsible in all aspects, as approved by management.
• Set up and manage the products for which you’re assigned.
• Manage stock and provide a 24-month rolling forecast on all products in the business unit.
• Sell and promote to the targeted clients in both the private and public sectors in the designated areas.
• Achieve sales targets as agreed on in the financial year, as approved by management.
• Be generally responsible for profit and loss of allocated products, preparing budgets and forecasts, plus rolling projections for the sales of the various designated products.
• Take charge of stock management, ordering, and control functions.
• Code products and customer listings.
• Assist with the arranging and presentation of divisional/activities/conferences/speakers/programmes, and other promotional events in the designated areas.
• Compile and maintain the database of all targeted clients with details of information pertinent to all clients on an ongoing basis.
• Organize launch activities for new products.
• Keep up to date with market trends and new developments, utilising information and business improvement in general.
• Personally liaise and visit with Key Opinion Leaders and other customers who are crucial to the sales of your various products that fall in the business unit.
• Liaise with Representatives regarding implementation of strategies and have field visits with individual Representatives at least once per month (inland), once per month (coastal).
• Participate in internal and external customer ongoing educational training and accreditation.
• Manage the affairs of the company in all aspects, acting in the best interest of the business, comply with relevant acts, legal demands, and ethical standards, as well as the Company Policies.
• Keep product knowledge and market intelligence up to competitive standards.

Requirements

• 3 years experience in a similar role or industry
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Qualifications

• No formal qualifications mentioned in the original job description