Private Sales Consultant - Telesales

AutoTrader is looking for a well-spoken individual to take on the role of a Private Sales Consultant-Telesales. The candidate will be based in the Gauteng region and will form part of the Operations Team. If you have excellent communication skills as well as sales ability and thrives on challenges, AutoTrader, a leading digital media marketplace is ready to offer you a career with plenty reward in return.

Purpose

To handle customer orders/queries by telephone, by mail or walk-in. To assist with the implementation of the departmental objectives by calling clients with the intention of selling them products sold by the company. To achieve targets though sales to new and/or existing clients. To provide an efficient and professional service to all clients and improve service levels. To perform administration duties that are required, while actively living out the corporate value system as defined by The Road Less Travelled.

A typical day as a Private Sales Consultant-Telesales at www.autotrader.co.za would be to: 

  • To deal with all incoming calls as quickly and efficiently as possible 
  • Ensure all calls are dealt with professionally and courteously 
  • To achieve sales revenue targets
  • To achieve minimum performance standards
  • To execute all sales campaigns
  • Canvass and/or re-canvass customers from Leads provided 
  • To ensure effective communication is maintained within the department and other management personnel.  
  • To maintain a high level of customer service at all times and assist clients where necessary
  • All client complaints/queries to be resolved within the same working day
  • To ensure a high level of quality and accuracy is carried out on all tasks 
  • To adhere to the departments standard operating procedures
  • To ensure all Fall Off customers are contactedTo contact customers where their adverts have expired in order to upsell
  • To assist customers with failed payment queries

Who we’re looking for:

  • 2 Years Sales (Inbound & Outbound), in a fast paced business environmen
  • Good command of the English language
  • Advantageous if fluent in Afrikaans as well as any other South African languages
  • Matric (Required)

  What we’ll give you:

  •  A FUN working environment
  •  A "home away from home" culture
  •  Access to "My Academy" online learning
  •  Tools of the trade (laptop, 3G, cell phone and petrol allowance) 

What does success look like:

  •  Being trustworthy and credible
  •  Believe in healthy conflict
  •  Able to show commitment
  •  Able to accept accountability
  •  Focused on results (thrive on high performance)
We love to unlock value for our customers. Every single month, 300 million people use our platforms to easily, safely, and conveniently find their perfect home, buy or sell a car, find a great job, sell things they no longer need, or strike a great deal on something they need. And we help thousands of entrepreneurs and businesses find their customers too. We also unlock value within our company. We invest in ourselves and each other to reach our full potential. We avoid bureaucracy and empower our teams to innovate. Our commitment to inclusion ensures we listen to a diverse range of voices when making decisions. And, we combine the spirit and agility of a startup with our global scale and the backing of Prosus, one of the largest consumer internet groups in the world. Last but not least, we unlock value for our stakeholders. We are proud of the positive contribution we make to our planet, by enabling more conscious consumption and helping the world make the most of its limited resources through more efficient trade. We are committed to our cause: shaping the future of trade to unlock the hidden value in everything. We are OLX Group.