Clickatell is the world's leading provider of Bulk SMS messaging services and SMS Gateway connectivity with reliable coverage to 569 networks in 183 countries worldwide.

We offer our customers access to a secure, dependable, high capacity messaging platform. Clickatell products are available free of charge you only pay per message.

Clickatell is committed to success and this can only be achieved by a sustained growth in new business sales, as well as maintaining the existing customer base. The Business Development team for Middle East/ Africa is focused on selling into the corporate and network operator markets with primary focus on financial services, retail, logistics, media and mobile messaging sectors.

We are recruiting for the following roles to be based in Johannesburg and Cape Town.  

 

Technical Sales Consultant (1 x Cape Town; 1 x Johannesburg):
Will produce and present proposals ● do product demonstrations ● complete draft project plans ● must be able to benchmark and do system sizing ● business and technical analysis ● sales handovers ● product and partner assessments. 

Requirements
The ideal candidate must have: a degree or equivalent education ● 5 or more years experience in sales and/or sales support process ● strong knowledge of key vertical markets and their underlying technology sets ● proven track record of providing sales support to vertical market solution sales at board level. 
 

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Business Development Manager (1 x Cape Town; 1 x Johannesburg):
will be responsible for generating new business ● conducting market research and competitor analysis ● promotional activities ● prospecting and qualifying ● negotiating and closing ● sales ● system presentation ● proposal production and bid management ● executive relationship management. 

Requirements
The ideal candidate must have ● a degree or equivalent education ● 10 years + strategic sales experience ● Experience in selling into key verticals and/or financial transaction processing background ● In depth knowledge of the mobile messaging market and associated technologies ● proven track record in selling vertical market solutions at board level. 
 

Please apply by sending a CV to jobs@clickatell.com, or contact us on (021) 910 7700 or +27 21 910 7700 if you would like to receive a detailed job specification. 

 Clickatell is an equal opportunity employer.