Engen Sales Person Traineeship
Closing Date: 10 August 2012
Key Purpose: To ensure Engen derives maximum profit and growth by managing resources and Co-ordinating business activities of SDCO, routers, agents, agricultural and wholesale accounts.
Key Duties & Responsibilities:
- Negotiate and manage contracts
- Administration
- Design strategy, manage and implement
- Manage segmentation process
- Profit management
- Managing interfaces with Stakeholders
- Asset management
- New business
Education & Experience:
- Grade 12 or equivalent
- Sales experience advantageous
- Marketing qualification advantageous
- HSEQ & Marketing principles and understanding
- Valid code 8 driver’s license
- Flexible to travel travel locally
Skills, Knowledge & Attributes:
- Knowledge of consumer petroleum business
- Understanding of the petroleum industry value chain
- Knowledge of legalities
- Good understanding of credit policies
- Knowledge of Engen systems (eg. SAP R3)
- Knowledge of the key drivers of profitability
- Understanding of the key drivers of distribution
- Understanding of management and finance
- Understanding of product margins
- Knowledge of HSE standards
- Knowledge of sales and marketing
Skills
- Time management
- Computer literacy
- Conflict management skills
- Report writing skills
- Good interpersonal skills
- Good communication skills
- Good business sense
- Analytical skills
- Negotiation skills
- Good presentation skills
- Planning and organising skills
- Innovation
- Entrepreneurial
Attributes
- Ability to work on own
- Ability to lead and influence and work with people at different levels
- Self-motivated and engaging
- Team player
- Persuasive
- Honesty
- Integrity
- Attention to details
- Dynamic
- Analytical
- Customer and service orientated
- Ability to use initiative, self-driven and goal orientated
How to Apply
Equity Statement:
If not submitted by the closing date, your application will automatically not be considered. Engen does not guarantee that you will be called for an interview or appointed by virtue of your application. Engen reserves the right to make an appointment. The appointment will be made in line with Engen’s Employment Equity Strategy.