Techster Systems Shop Exec Job

We are an IT company running a city shop selling computers, accessories, software, hardware and services and looking for a

Shop Exec

Closing date: 21st October 2011

The job is for a person with a business-IT mix knowledge and background to help us do customer service, contact and make sales.

You must be business minded and entrepreneurial. And be able to observe customer needs, buy, sell, support and rapport profitably. You must be humble, considerate of others and well grounded.

Duties include:

• Simple bookkeeping for receipts and payments for accounting purposes.
• Creating and mailing newsletters to potential customers, and following up, among other methods of contact.
• Finding ways to attract more customers and make sales.
• Purchase, supply and delivery logistics.
• Configuration, troubleshooting and resolution of problems with products.
• Discovery, testing, setup, rollout and demo of existing and new products and services.
• Basic changes to our CMS website; no coding skills required, but advantageous.
• Other administrative duties in the company.
• Maintain our social presence (Facebook, Twitter, etc)

Personal qualities

• The job is self supervised; hence you must be responsible, self driven and an independent thinker.
• You must also be honest, open and of high integrity.
• Ability to learn and test new gadgets fast.
• Be able to speak and listen clearly and create rapport with customers and suppliers.
• Be a positive minded, cheerful and optimistic!

Other

1. Remuneration: The job pays a small retainer. On top of this retainer, you earn a percentage of (guided) margins for every sale you make.
2. The more money the business makes, so do you.
3. You have the opportunity to help grow a business and you with it; self responsibility and discipline are the key ingredients.

Qualifications & Experience

1. A degree, diploma or certificates relevant to: Business administration, sales, marketing, commerce, finance or IT.
2. Knowledge of basic computing principles and operating systems at the very least is essential.
3. Experience in sales, advertising, finance especially with computer hardware, software and IT services would be a major added advantage.

Please provide on email your CV, copies of certificates and an application letter detailing why your skills and personal qualities make you the best candidate for this job, including your current and expected remuneration and references to jobs@techstersystems.com by 21st October 2011.