Role Title:Parts Sales Supervisor
Reporting to: Parts Manager
Department: Parts
Key Responsibilities
- Leadership of Parts Sales team and consequent planning to achieve set departmental sales targets.
- Parts sales team administration & leadership
- Adherence of the sales team to the set standard operating procedures, SOP’s (compliance to company policy)
- Develop and grow parts business & market share through aggressive network development
- Parts Marketing – Anti-counterfeit, Genuine parts
- Customer relationships Management; Customer Retention & Acquisition
- Evaluation of own & team work plans and reports
- Practice sound leadership to promote teamwork at all times
- Review and discuss weekly, activity and productivity reports; concise, accurate reporting with clear
- countermeasures to improve performance.
- Sales team management – follow up on active quotes from the sales team for faster order intake and
- consequent delivery
- Brand positioning and sales promotion through intelligent market assessment and propose worthwhile and
- effective marketing activities (campaigns, events, etc.)
- Sales team management – follow up on active quotes from the sales team for faster order intake and
- consequent delivery
- Report & discuss weekly sales and margin achievements & countermeasures to improve
- Problem resolution – technical, warranty, customer complaints, etc; professionally and timely
- Handle all customer feedback with root cause analysis and countermeasures for customer satisfaction
- Brand positioning and sales promotion through intelligent market assessment and propose worthwhile and effective marketing activities (campaigns, events, etc.)
- Customer satisfaction through ensuring timely & professional Sales processes
- Debt portfolio management – follow up on debtors for prompt settlement within set/agreed Credit terms.
- Minimize credit exposure; ensure all credit documentation is in order prior to release of goods; ensure all credit sales are well supported with all approvals as per set policies.
- Ensure that company (& legal) policies & procedures are adhered to and followed by all staff within the department at all times.
- Ensure compliance to EHS legislation by all staff within the sales team at all times
- Responsible for departmental sales targets; pperformance Vs Budget (Volume & Value) reporting; Discuss action plans to counter variances.
- Prepare monthly reports sales <model mix, GP retained, Lost Sales, Service Fill Rate>, Order Pipeline < Prospects, status line-line by line> - for management reviews & countermeasure discussions – by the 5th working day of following month
- Monthly Budget tracking to actual and countermeasures reports – by the 5th working day of following month.
- Develop and enhance quick and effective supply route to market.
- Debtors management & reporting with special emphasis on aged debts recovery; adherence to credit policies
- Management reporting – market outlook, Sales per UIO, Stock mix, Lost sales, GP, Marketing spend cost benefit; countermeasures for discussion.
- Network development – identify growth opportunity areas
- Marketing planning (Customers, Events, campaign) for strategic growth
- Brand positioning and sales promotion through intelligent market assessment and propose worthwhile and effective marketing activities (campaigns, events, etc)
- Develop creative new business strategies for customer acquisition
- Debtors (& Cash flow) management & reporting; credit risk management as per policies.
- Customer retention strategies through developing the existing customer base, continuous relationship building and customer satisfaction initiatives
- Keep up to date with product range developments; Product range variation reviews and discussions for proper stocking
- Team development through internal training and knowledge sharing as per set KPI, departmental hours.
- Quarterly Competitive & Fair Price positioning; aligned with market dynamics, competition & currency rate projections.
- Staff leave schedule – ensure planning for proper management and running of the section
- Staff performance – KPI setting, measurement, assessment & countermeasures to improve.
- Training and development needs assessment - implementation of appropriate training program for parts sales team for efficient service delivery; ensure knowledge development of all products and services offered so as to effectively deal with enquiries from customers.
- Annual target setting & sales budgeting
Minimum Education:
A Degree in business, Management, Marketing, Supply Chain Management or a related field preferred study
Basic Experience:
- Minimum 5 years of experience in a Sales
- Working within a multinational organization with fast paced requirements.
- Business acumen/commercial knowledge
- Working with advanced Business ERP’s
Competencies:
- Good knowledge of Spare Parts
- Knowledge of Automotive industry
- Excellent communication skills
- Excellent inter-departmental relations skills
- Computer skills (Advanced Microsoft Excel)
how to apply
Applications should be submitted no later than October 29th, 2025. Please click on the “Apply” button to complete your application.