Sales Administrative Assistant : Media24

JONATHAN BALL PUBLISHERS

Sales Administration Assistant – Johannesburg

A position with this leading South African publisher and agent for British and American books has an opening for a Sales Administration Assistant in Johannesburg.

Job Requirements:

• Excellent communication skills in English, written and verbal, are essential.
• A general knowledge of book and/or the South African booktrade will be an advantage.
• Strong interpersonal, organisational, and administrative skills is a necessity.
• A sound knowledge in the use of Microsoft Office (specifically Word, Excel & Powerpoint), Internet and e-mail is a necessity.
• Design skills will be advantageous.

Duties would include:

• Make up sales kits and order forms for presentation to the trade.
• Filing and/or distribution of sales material.
• Handling queries from customer services and customers.
• Liaising with the UK/US to gather information to put sales kits together.
• Creation of stocklists.
• Assisting sales reps with queries.
• Assistance in the creation of digital presentations.
• Loading and maintenance of data on system.
• General secretarial work.

The company offers a competitive salary, as well as membership to the Medical Aid and Retirement Funds.

Given our employment equity guidelines, preference will be given to suitable candidates from the designated groups.

Those who meet the requirements of the post and are interested in applying for this position may apply on the Media24 career portal by clicking on the following link:

Only short-listed candidates will be interviewed.