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Sales Manager
Job in
Cape Town, 7561, South Africa
Listed on 2026-09-23
Listing for:
Virgin Active South Africa (Pty) Ltd
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-09-23
Job specializations:
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Sales
Director of Sales -
Management
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Your Purpose...
- Is to “change people’s lives for the better through wellness”;
- We deliver social wellness experiences that enable people to meet their personal wellness goals, through holistic physical, mental nutritional and social wellbeing.
- The purpose of this role is to execute the national sales strategy in club, ensuring strong leadership, planning, and support to achieve club sales unit and revenue targets.
- The role drives performance through strong leadership, structured activity, people and performance plan.
Sales Performance & Delivery
- Drive achievement of club sales budgets (net member movement & revenue) across the respective club.
- Translate national strategy into clear, actionable plans Specific to the club need.
- Monitor daily, weekly, and monthly performance and intervene quickly to close gaps.
- Report on key sales performance metrics with plans for intervention to maximise or improve.
Activity & Performance Management
- Ensure consistent activity management within the club (leads, calls, appointments, conversions).
- Hold Sales Consultants accountable to clear KPIs, standards, and routines.
- Implement structured performance coaching plans (targets, reviews, corrective action where required).
- Support clubs through opening lucrative business building opportunities within the relative catchment area of the club.
Coaching, Training & Capability Building
- Coach Sales Consultants to improve sales performance and, executional excellence, through unreasonable hospitality principles
- Drive in-club staff coaching, ensuring training is applied and embedded to the required delivery standard.
- Standardise and scale best-practice sales behaviours in the club.
- Deliver and facilitate structured training programmes in line with sales team need or as directed regionally or nationally.
Recruitment, Talent Retention & HR Practice
- Accountable for recruitment, selection, and onboarding of Sales Consultants who thrive within our performance culture and purpose.
- Build a strong talent pipeline and succession plan for the club
- Drive a sustainable sales team ensuring the retention of successful sales consultants
- Ensure HR practices and processes are consistently applied within the club.
Culture & Leadership
- Build a high-performance, accountable, and disciplined sales culture.
- Reinforce expectations around urgency, professionalism, and execution excellence.
- Align all teams to the Social Wellness / 2nd Space value proposition.
- Ensure the team are fully engaged in our wellness proposition by encouraging product usage.
Member-Centric Growth
- Ensure the sales team drive quality onboarding and early member engagement.
- Monitor and improve retention drivers through better sales behaviours.
- Use member insights to influence long-term value, not just acquisition.
Reporting & Insights
- Provide clear, data-driven reporting on performance, risks, and opportunities.
- Use insights to guide decision-making and prioritise actions.
- Ensure accuracy and discipline in all sales systems and reporting tools.
Minimum Requirements ...
- Formal Matric qualification
- 3-4 years’ experience in sales or similar role
- 1–2 years sales management experience proven experience developing and retention of successful sales teams
- Strong understanding of the consumer sales process, including pipeline management, lead conversion, performance tracking, and optimization of key conversion metrics.
- Strong training and coaching ability
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills
- Proven leadership capability with the ability to inspire, coach, and develop high-performing Sales Consultants
- Data-driven and analytical, with the ability to translate insights into actionable sales actions
Core Interpersonal
Skills:
- Emotional Intelligence- proven…
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