Sales Consultant - Western Cape,South Africa

Empowering careers at ARJO

At Arjo, we know what moves us. We go above and beyond for people facing mobility challenges. We take every opportunity to work and grow as one team and take pride in sharing our knowledge and experience. Does that sound like something that moves you too?

This could be your opportunity to begin a challenging and rewarding career in a healthcare company that empowers movement for people with mobility challenges.

Empowering careers at ARJO

At Arjo, we know what moves us. We go above and beyond for people facing mobility challenges. We take every opportunity to work and grow as one team and take pride in sharing our knowledge and experience. Does that sound like something that moves you too?

This could be your opportunity to begin a challenging and rewarding career in a healthcare company that empowers movement for people with mobility challenges.

The Sales Consultant is responsible for building long-term relationships with customers, work closely with customers, and acting as an all-round business consultant to identify how Arjo can assist in improving the quality and effectiveness of their care.

As the Sales Consultant you will be responsible for Western Cape:

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Achieving sales targets
• Maintaining and developing relationships with existing customers
• Building relationship with potential customers for developing new business and analyzing needs
• Sales reporting on activities, planners, rolling forecasts, competitors info, market share, install base and database maintenance.
• Developing and effectively managing a sales pipeline.
• Effective territory coverage and analysis
• Frequent assessments in all wards of hospitals and other medical facilities (Foam, Pressure Injury Prevalence, etc)
• Customer needs development through frequent demo’s and customer education.
• Commissioning (installation of products) at customers
• In-service training on all products sold, bearing in mind shift changes of hospital staff
• Providing customers with solutions
• Providing feedback on future buying trends
• Representing Arjo at trade exhibitions, symposiums, events and demonstrations
• Liaising with operations department to check on the progress of existing orders
• Keeping up to date with Arjo product knowledge as well as all competitor products

Administrative Duties:

• Recording sales and order information and doing analysis
• Maintaining and communicating weekly planner and daily activities completed and outcome and/or actions to follow up on.
• Maintaining accurate customer database.
• CRM Execution
• Forecasting
• Effectively managing accounts receiving processes.

Qualifications:

• Medical and/or Sales and Marketing tertiary qualification would be advantageous

Requirements:

• At least 3-5 years’ work experience in a similar role in the Health Care Industry, with proven sales track record.
• Minimum 5 years sales experience including capital medical devices
• Understanding of Hospital Processes
• Customer Service Orientated and focused
• Valid driver’s license and reliable own vehicle
• Ability to work independently
• Available outside of normal office hours, as per customer requirements

What we will offer in return

You will support our vision to be the most trusted partner in driving healthier outcomes for people facing mobility challenges. In return, we recognize and value our global employees. You will have our full support, training and opportunities for professional development.

Why diversity matters to us

At Arjo, we believe in the power of diversity. We strongly encourage applicants from all parts of society, which means building a more diverse, equitable, inclusive and engaging environment – not only in the workplace, but also within the communities that we serve, work in and live in. We achieve this through a culture and mindset that values the uniqueness of all our people.

About Arjo

At Arjo, we believe that empowering movement within healthcare environments is essential to quality care. Our products and solutions are designed to promote a safe and dignified experience through patient handling, medical beds, personal hygiene, disinfection, diagnostics, and the prevention of pressure injuries and venous thromboembolism. With over 6500 people worldwide and 65 years caring for patients and healthcare professionals, we are committed to driving healthier outcomes for people facing mobility challenges.

For more information about Arjo visit www.arjo.com