Technical Sales Representative - Food Technologist

Main Purpose of the Job:

The main purpose of this role is to promote and sell the company's products and services to existing and potential clients.

Requirements

• A degree in Food Science or equivalent.
• Driver’s License.
• Ability to take initiative.
• Communication and Relationship building ability.
• Professionalism and reliability/ strong work ethic.
• Willingness to Travel.
• Quality orientation/ attention to detail.
• Resilience, energy, self- motivation.
• Mechanical aptitude.
• Excellent Communication in Afrikaans.

Competencies

• Communication.
• Teamwork.
• Quality orientation.
• Professionalism.
• Initiative.
• Team Management.
• Resilience.
• Service excellence.
• Problem solving.

Key Responsibilities:

• Product Application trials - Trials on new products and development of products and new markets.
• Customer training - Customer service value added technical advisory services.
• Testing & evaluation of products as required by clients (on site).
• New product development for Butchers and large factories that may be required in order to generate new markets.
• General customer service value adds and advisory technical services and back up to clients in liaison with Senior Food Technologist.
• Technical advisory services to butchers (this includes consulting on product quality, production capacities and efficiencies, implementation of quality control/assurance systems) in order to increase production output and shelf of products.
• Researching potential new markets for potential new business, analysing and reporting on sales leads linked to client.