Our client, a food delivery platform, is looking for a natural sales personality that knows where the best eats are around town to fill our exciting Territory Account Manager role to be based in either Durban or Pietermaritzburg . We are looking for a candidate that is passionate about food and enjoys negotiating to build the best partnerships. Position: Territory Account Manager Location: Durban or Pietermaritzburg Role Summary: The Territory Account Manager embodies strategy by driving the growth of specific cities, areas, and partners, both on the top-line (orders and clients growth) and bottom line (average basket), with a focus on the partner's dimension&experience of the marketplace. This role is an opportunity to help grow our client's online food ordering and delivery platform with a strong sense of ownership. This role calls for a combination of an operational approach, analysis of performance, and exceptional relationship management. Primary Goal: The primary focus will be bringing on new small-and-medium sized merchants (not necessarily only restaurants) that fit our client's partnership criteria, and you'll use your skills in emailing, cold-calling, and driving internal processes to set up our partnerships for success. Minimum Qualification Criteria: Minimum 3 years of experience in an Account Management or Business Development role Bachelor’s Degree in a Commercial/Technical field - (Sales and Marketing) Advanced Excel proficiency and an interest in dealing with numbers and analysis Good communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to persuasively communicate recommendations and effectively champion customer needs Ability to take initiatives and easily adapt to constantly-changing work environments Desire to work with restaurants/merchants&building a strategic partnership, being proactive, creating positive and lasting relationships to bring them added new value and helping them to reach their potential on our client's platform Project Management: good organization, prioritization&time management skills Problem solving skills: when you see a problem, you work hard and think out of the box until you fix it Be proactive and build positive and lasting relationships with our client's partners Highly autonomous - able to work with minimal oversight Roles and Responsibilities: Responsible for driving business performance Identify key merchants to acquire to keep enriching the selection already available on the platform, and coordinate with the dedicated sales team to ensure deals are closed Create long-term relationships with key accounts, ultimately enhancing their financials, marketing efforts, engagement, and satisfaction Drive on-the-ground knowledge and context about the city&partner operations to the wider team across SA Act as an ambassador of our client's company mission, brand, and product Communicate the value of our client to merchants and customers Lead and coordinate end-to-end sales motion for Enterprise prospects including qualification, education, pricing/quoting, and contract negotiation to close deals Build strategic relationships to gain positioning with decision-makers while driving growth of new business Acquire extensive knowledge of the merchants, area, and cities to identify further options to grow&develop new business pillars e.g. Convenience, Grocery Build tools and processes, utilizing analytical ability combined with operational rigor to drive forward critical metrics Partner with internal teams to solve problems and ensure that feedback received is used in improving products and operations #J-18808-Ljbffr