- KwaZulu-Natal
- Salary: Market Related
- Job Type: Permanent
- Sectors: FMCG Sales
- Reference: 110292
Vacancy Details
Employer: AVI Limited
AVI Ltd. is known for its leading household brands across many categories including hot beverages, sweet and savoury biscuits, and snacks, frozen convenience foods, personal care products, cosmetics, shoes, accessories, and fashion apparel.
AVI Field Marketing is a shared services business unit within AVI. Field Marketing focuses on sales and merchandising for the beverages, snacking, and cosmetic business units to provide greater focus and to achieve an improved execution at the store level.
An exciting opportunity for a Junior Sales Representative for the Kwa-Zulu Natal (KZN) region servicing the retail and wholesale customer channels for the North Coast area. The areas include Empangeni, Richards Bay and Matuba. The successful applicant will be required to perform a sales function whilst ensuring the business units' targets and service levels are achieved.
Line Manager: Area Sales Manager
Job Specification:
Key Performance Areas:
- Achieve sales targets and negotiate orders with buyers
- Manage stock levels, expiry dates, and store returns
- Implement promotional activities and monitor pricing
- Build strong relationships with store management and staff
- Ensure shelf health and stock displays follow company standards
- Oversee Merchandisers and provide on-the-job coaching
Experience:
- 2-3 years sales experience in an FMCG environment within the sales and merchandising function
Qualifications:
- Completed Grade 12 / Matric is essential
- Completed course or tertiary qualification in Sales, Marketing, Business Management and or Retail Management is an added advantage
Additional Requirements:
- Supervisory skills will be an added advantage
- Knowledge of the FMCG is essential
- Driver’s license essential
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About AVI Limited
AVI LIMITED is home to many of South Africa’s leading and best-loved brands. Listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in the Food Products sector, AVI’s extensive brand portfolio includes more than 50 brands. Our single-minded purpose is our brands growth and development. Our brands span a range of categories including: hot beverages, sweet and savoury biscuits and snacks, frozen convenience foods, out-of-home ranges, personal care products, cosmetics, shoes, accessories, and fashion apparel.
AVI’s brands have grown into great South African favourites including: Five Roses, Freshpak, House of Coffees, Frisco, Koffiehuis and Ellis Brown in the Beverages category; Bakers, Pyotts, Willards and Provita in the Biscuits and Snacks category; I&J in the Frozen Foods category; as well as Ciro, Lavazza and Douwe Egberts Cafitesse for the Out Of Home market. Our beauty and personal care brands include Yardley, Lentheric and Coty Great international and local Fashion Brands in the AVI stable include Spitz, Carvela, Kurt Geiger, Lacoste, Gant and Green Cross Shoes. We have a well-developed shared services structure spanning: International, IT, Finance, Logistics, Marketing, Procurement and Field Marketing that allows us to take advantage of our scale.
AVI’s brands are a household name in South Africa and growing every day.
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