Sales Representative

Responsibilities

• Actively engaging and selling GI products and solutions to retail merchants to deliver sales revenue and ensure that order placements are met.
• Building sustainable customer relationships to maximise market advantage by engaging with retail merchants, their sales teams, and contractors/developers to secure opportunities and implement end‑user agreements.
• Articulating how our offer stands out, providing technical expertise and advice on the advantages of our comprehensive product to communicate the value proposition to customers.
• Proactively identifying new opportunities for enhanced product offerings through trained techniques, supply‑chain knowledge, commercial awareness, and in‑depth knowledge of customers’ businesses.
• Enhancing product mix to add value for the customer base in alignment with company strategy.
• Achieving local demand forecasts in line with regional KPIs.
• Maintaining awareness of broader SG propositions to pass on potential opportunities.
• Assisting marketing to launch new products to merchant, contractor, and developer customer groups.
• Giving presentations to the regional team and to the customer base on all aspects of product/system performance.
• Merchandising as required to display a complete, understandable product offering to the end user.
• Updating CRM with visits, projects, customer information, and market intelligence to enable accurate business decisions.

We are seeking a candidate that has a minimum matric and a Bachelor of Commerce Degree and at least three years’ experience in a customer‑facing role. The role requires strong commercial awareness – ability to identify opportunities and act. Proven technical competence – understanding of technical concepts and ability to translate for commercial benefit – and an excellent track record and knowledge of retail account planning and execution.

Construction market experience and knowledge are critical for this role.

Saint‑Gobain is seeking a strong Sales Representative to deliver top‑line sales revenue and maximise retail accounts performance, in line with company objectives and strategy. The incumbent will work as part of an integrated inland regional team to drive product proposition to retailers, develop customer satisfaction, and facilitate demand generation and satisfaction at the retail level.