Mr D - Partner Account Manager

<p><a href="https://www.mrdfood.com/"><strong>Mr D</strong></a><strong>, </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">a division of the Takealot Group is looking for a highly talented <strong>Partner Account Manager</strong>&nbsp;to join our team in Cape Town.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We are a young, dynamic, hyper growth company looking for smart, creative, hard-working people with integrity to join us!&nbsp;</span></p> <p><strong>Think you’ve been challenged before? Think again!</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Scale</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">: Show the millions of Mr D customers what you can do&nbsp;</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Learn</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">: We work with the best of the best, and then some. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Grow</strong>: Expand your career in the fast-growing Takealot Group: Takealot.com and Mr D. We like to promote from within: Here’s your chance.</li> </ul> <p><strong>This position reports to the Sales Lead for Mr D.</strong></p> <p><strong>Your responsibilities will include:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Identify and prioritise suitable restaurant partners for the Mr D platform</li> <li>Create and maintain a robust sales pipeline</li> <li>Own the restaurants sign-up process</li> <li>Operate as the lead point of contact for restaurant partners</li> <li>Strengthen relationships with restaurant partners and monitor their business and store performance</li> <li>Ensure timeous and effective solutions and feedback to restaurant partners</li> <li>Ensure strict restaurant visit standards are maintained</li> </ul> <p><strong>Attributes required:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Excellent communication skills</li> <li>A highly customer-focused mindset and consultative sales approach</li> <li>Excellent negotiation and closing skills</li> <li>Strong knowledge of the local restaurant industry</li> <li>Exhibit the ability to self motivate</li> <li>Extremely competitive and relentless; a love for winning</li> <li>Ability to work and keep up in a fast paced environment</li> <li>Attention to detail</li> </ul> <p><strong>Qualifications:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Experience in marketplace, ecommerce SAAS or hospitality sales</li> <li>Minimum 1 year Prior sales experience</li> <li>Proficiency in using CRM tools preferred</li> <li>Prior experience in the hospitality industry preferred</li> <li>Tertiary qualification advantageous</li> </ul> <p><strong>Let’s talk about life @ Mr D</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>The power is in your hands</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">: We offer a market-related, Total Remuneration Package which allows full flexibility according to your needs. Go on, be the master of your own destiny.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>No doors</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">: We aren’t fans of stuffy offices or siloed work environments. See someone you like? High five, collab and make something great.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Online Learning</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">: Share ideas and grow with global industry leaders who are all just a Slack message away. Love to learn? Up-skill with free access to courses on Prosus Academy and more.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Good times</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">: Get to know the other extraordinary minds in the takealot group during regular social events and out-of-office activities (think hikes, think mini golf, think good times).</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Birthday leave</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">: Cake Day all the way. Enjoy your day off - you deserve it.&nbsp;</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Help when you need it most</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">: Confidential counselling, legal support and financial guidance, for free, anytime, anywhere.&nbsp;</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Free parking: </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">No more 5km fun runs to your desk (unless you want to).&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <p><strong>Like what you see?&nbsp;</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you meet the above you are an </span><strong>Extraordinary Mind. </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">Apply today!!</span></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mr D is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants from previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities will be given preference</span></em></p>