Mr D - Sales Associate (Western Cape)
At a glance
Entry-level Account Executive role at takealot.com. Cape Town.
Pay not stated
Growth Roles summary, based on the employer's posting.
What you'll do
- Find and rank restaurants that could join the Mr D platform in your assigned areas
- Build the sales pipeline and help Sales Area Leads move restaurants through sign-up
- Serve as the main contact for restaurant partners, escalating through Sales Area Leads
- Help partners improve store performance, resolve issues, and answer device-related questions
- Deliver marketing materials, train restaurant staff on devices, and uphold visit standards
What you bring
- Matric and at least one year in sales or account management
- Your own transport and a valid driver's license
- Strong communication, customer focus, consultative selling, accuracy, and self-direction
- Working knowledge of the local restaurant industry and comfort in a fast-paced setting
Who this fits
You’ll suit a junior sales role focused on restaurant acquisition, partner support, field visits, and device training. You’ll need to work competitively and maintain partner relationships across assigned areas. Prior hospitality experience and CRM skills are helpful, while a tertiary qualification is beneficial but not required.
From the employer
Mr D, a division of the Takealot Group, is looking for a highly talented Sales Associate to join our team in the Eastern Cape.
We are a young, dynamic, hyper growth company looking for smart, creative, hard-working people with integrity to join us!
Think you’ve been challenged before? Think again!
- Scale: Show the millions of Mr D customers what you can do
- Learn: We work with the best of the best, and then some.
- Grow: Expand your career in the fast-growing Takealot Group: Mr D, Takealot.com and TFS. We like to promote from within: Here’s your chance.
This position reports to the Sales Lead of Mr D.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Assist in identifying and prioritising suitable Restaurant Partners for the Mr D platform
- Assist in creating as well as maintaining a robust sales pipeline
- Assist the Sales Area Leads with the restaurants sign-up process
- Operate as the lead point of contact for restaurant partners in the assigned areas while reporting in to the Sales Area Leads
- Work with Sales Area Leads to strengthen relationships with restaurant partners and monitor their business and store performance
- Ensure timeous and effective solutions and feedback to restaurant partners
- Assist with all device-related queries from restaurant partners
- Assist with delivery of marketing material to various restaurants when required
- Train restaurant staff on use of the Mr D restaurant device
- Ensure strict restaurant visit standards are maintained
Attributes required:
- Excellent communication skills
- A highly customer-focused mindset and consultative sales approach
- Knowledge of the local restaurant industry
- Exhibit the ability to self-motivate
- Extremely competitive and relentless; a love for winning
- Ability to work and keep up in a fast-paced environment
- Accurate
- Own transport and valid driver's license
Beneficial but not required:
- Proficiency in using CRM tools
- Prior experience in the hospitality industry
- Tertiary qualification
Qualifications:
- Matric
- Minimum 1 year Prior sales or account management experience
Let’s talk about life @ Mr D
- The power is in your hands: We offer a market-related, Total Remuneration Package which allows full flexibility according to your needs. Go on, be the master of your own destiny.
- No doors: We aren’t fans of stuffy offices or siloed work environments. See someone you like? High five, collab and make something great.
- Online Learning: Share ideas and grow with global industry leaders who are all just a Slack message away. Love to learn? Up-skill with free access to courses on Prosus Academy and more.
- Good times: Get to know the other extraordinary minds in the takealot group during regular social events and out-of-office activities (think hikes, think mini golf, think good times).
- Birthday leave: Cake Day all the way. Enjoy your day off - you deserve it.
- Help when you need it most: Confidential counselling, legal support and financial guidance, for free, anytime, anywhere.
- Free parking: No more 5km fun runs to your desk (unless you want to).
Like what you see?
If you meet the above you are an Extraordinary Mind. Apply today!!
Mr D is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants from previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities will be given preference
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