Job Location

Rivonia-Johannesburg

Job Description

Are you intrigued by the idea of building long-term business relationships with our customers? Are you interested in creating and negotiating plans which nurture shared value for our shoppers, customers, and Company? If so, Sales at Procter & Gamble is the right place to kick-start your career & leadership development!

As a Sales Manager, you will receive meaningful responsibilities from day one. You will be in charge of maintaining and expanding long-term partnerships with your customers by continuously proposing solutions and plans that meet shared objectives. In doing so, you will develop a keen understanding of your product categories and markets.

Whilst building the plans, you will not only develop your negotiating and sales skills, but also financial & marketing skills, analytical insights, and logistical understanding as you are responsible for your client from A-Z. You will be part of a customer team in which trust, team spirit, real passion for winning and leadership are very important.

Apart from meaningful responsibilities from day 1, exceptional learning opportunities, and an inclusive and international working context, we also offer employees personalized flexibility designed to deliver business results and enable employees to grow their careers while meeting personal needs.

At P&G, we don’t just offer a job, we offer a career with varying assignments and lots of development opportunities, so that we develop our leaders of tomorrow.

Responsibilities:

Developing and maintaining a productive long term relationship with your customer

Acquiring a deep understanding of your customer needs and requirements

Acquiring an in-depth understanding of your shoppers, categories and market

Adapting and optimizing country commercial guidelines to your specific client

Negotiating contracts, promo plans and innovations

Preparing volume forecast and plans

Collaborating very closely with teams from other departments

Resolving any issues and problems of your clients and acting as a link between your customer and the internal teams.

Job Qualifications

You're a good fit if you:

Have a Bachelor's degree or higher

Are a born leader and are passionate to make things happen, collaborating well with diverse groups of people

Have an external focus and a real passion for Sales / Marketing

Like to bring creativity & innovation to your work

Have strong analytical thinking and skills

Have 0- 3 years of working experience

What does P&G offer you?

We will provide you a high-impact managerial position with meaningful work from Day 1.

We love flexibility. You can arrange your work schedule based on your personal needs; you will experience true support for work/life effectiveness and your long-term well-being.

About us

We produce globally recognized brands and we grow the best business leaders in the industry. With a portfolio of trusted brands as diverse as ours, it is paramount our leaders are able to lead with courage the vast array of brands, categories and functions. We serve consumers around the world with one of the strongest portfolios of trusted, quality, leadership brands, including Always®, Ariel®, Gillette®, Head & Shoulders®, Herbal Essences®, Oral-B®, Pampers®, Pantene®, and more. Our community includes operations in approximately 70 countries worldwide.

Visit http://www.pg.com to know more.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate against individuals on the basis of color, gender, age, religion, marital status, disability, or any other legally protected factor.

Job Schedule

Full time

Job Number

R000114764

Job Segmentation

Recent Grads/Entry Level (Job Segmentation)