Export Sales Manager Africa

Qué estamos buscando

The Cosentino team is looking for an Export Sales Manager.
The Export Sales Manager is responsible for developing, managing, and growing Cosentino product awareness, acceptance and sales to the contract design & commercial segments for both interior and exterior applications. The Manager, will actively identify, pursue, and increase sales and brand loyalty by calling on architects, designers, fabricators, developers and related contractors while coordinating and collaborating with other Cosentino Sales Team

Cuáles serán tus funciones

- Creates short and long term sales plans to penetrate architectural and design firms, developers, corporate accounts, new property owners and services providers to gain specifications and sales of work surfaces, flooring, interior cladding and exterior facades.
- Develops new project opportunities through personal sales efforts and professional relationships with architects, designers, building owners and property management firms involved with new development or renovation work for existing building interiors and exteriors.
- Promotes organization’s products in formal presentations to architects, designers and targeted organizations.
- Executes sales plans created within agreed upon timelines from the customer or Cosentino Management.
- Maintains accurate relationship, product placement & project details with updated developments within project management database (Sales Force CRM).
- Manages the sales development of Cosentino surfacing products.
- Exterior applications within the core geography by maintaining a constant awareness of markets and pursues profitable opportunities focused on organizational growth.
- Actively represents and promotes Cosentino to the community through hosting and attendance of local chapter events.
- Responsible for the timely management and communication across all parties to ensure successful sales implementation of programs including updating sales collateral, product technical data and information, samples, mock ups and proposals.
- Manages own sales budget and maintains discipline to stay within assigned sales and expense budgets on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis.
- Assist with corporate account roll out programs on a regional basis as needed. This task may require travel outside of the assigned geography to call on owners, fabricators and installation contractors to facilitate and manage successful multi-location roll out programs. Advance notice will be given to employee regarding travel.
- Commitment to continual learning and knowledge of Cosentino Surfacing Products, the proper application and specification requirements along with fabrication and installation process to ensure proper use and overall customer satisfaction
- Acts as a facilitator and provides recommendations to senior management with key sales information as it relates to markets and regions.
- Coordinates with Cosentino Account Managers, business partners, fabricators and installation contractors to ensure successful realization of local project execution.

Area to cover: Africa

Qué necesitas para tener éxito

Required Experience:
At least 2-3 years of experience in:
Sales or field merchandising experience

English is a must
 

Desired
Experience with a Customer database, Salesforce preferred.
Stone fabrication or distribution experience

Qué ofrecemos

You will join a company:
- With an international mindset and presence in 100+ countries.
- With an amazing growth story, sustained by an extraordinary innovation with products such as Silestone®, Dekton® and Sensa by Cosentino®.
- In which you will be able to demonstrate your great sales set skills and grow your career in a challenging project.

Acerca de Cosentino

En COSENTINO nuestro propósito es inspirar a las Personas a través de espacios innovadores y sostenibles. Somos el productor líder mundial de superficies arquitectónicas y decorativas. Nuestros productos están diseñados para brindar soluciones innovadoras y funcionales tanto para el hogar como para espacios comerciales, como encimeras de cocina y baño, espacios abiertos al aire libre, fachadas, etc. Innovación, sostenibilidad, funcionalidad y belleza describen nuestra propuesta de valor para los diferentes actores del mercado y cliente final. www.cosentino.com

Con presencia en más de 100 países y 5 continentes, nuestro negocio sigue creciendo constantemente en todas las geografías. así como oportunidades de carrera para personas talentosas como tú.

Cosentino es un empleador que ofrece igualdad de oportunidades y prohíbe la discriminación y el acoso de cualquier tipo: Cosentino está comprometida con el principio de igualdad de oportunidades laborales para todos los empleados y con proporcionar a los empleados un entorno laboral libre de discriminación y acoso. Todas las decisiones de empleo en Cosentino se basan en las necesidades comerciales, los requisitos del trabajo y las calificaciones individuales, sin distinción de raza, color, religión o creencias, nacionalidad, clase social, origen étnico, sexo o situación de embarazo, edad, discapacidad física, mental o sensorial, enfermedad, orientación sexual, identidad y/o expresión de género, estado civil o pareja de hecho, historial médico familiar o información genética, estado familiar o parental.
 

Cosentino no tolerará la discriminación o el acoso por ninguna de estas características.