Senior Sales Executive - Smart Card Solutions
Job Description
2026-04-09 - 2026-05-09
Permanent
SW006040
Information Technology
SALES EXECUTIVE: SMART CARD SOLUTIONS My client, a global provider of secure smart card and RFID technologies, is seeking to employ a Senior Sales Executive - Smart Card Solutions to join its growing Cape Town-based team. This is a fully remote role, based in the Western Cape, focused on driving commercial growth within the U.S. market by developing high-value client relationships and delivering tailored smart card solutions across enterprise and commercial sectors.
ABOUT THE ROLE:CAPE TOWN CORPORATE-LEVEL SMART CARD SOLUTIONS US CLIENT
This is a corporate level role. The Sales Executive will be responsible for securing high-value corporate clients, leading a sales team, and delivering sophisticated smart card solutions. The successful candidate will operate at a strategic, executive level, engaging with C-suite decision-makers and managing complex sales cycles. This is a home-office-based remote position in South Africa, offering a strategic, senior role focused on driving growth in the American commercial sector and a long term career path with a dynamic, global company.
Key Responsibilities:- Identify, develop, and close high-value sales opportunities
- Lead, manage, and support a sales team in achieving targets
- Build and maintain strategic relationships with senior corporate clients
- Oversee CRM, reporting, and sales processes
- Coordinate with international production teams (US, UK, China)
- Stay abreast of industry trends and provide training or guidance to team members
- Extensive corporate or enterprise sales experience, ideally in technical, solutions-based, or technology sectors
- Proven track record in managing complex deals and closing high-value contracts
- Strong business development experience and ability to lead a sales team
- Exceptional communication, presentation, and relationship management skills
- Experience in mentoring or managing junior sales staff
- Post matric qualification; further technical/business education is advantageous
- Native proficiency in English (spoken and written)
- Remote work; normal hours 14:00-22:00 or 16:00-00:00 SA time, Monday-Friday
- Work may occasionally extend beyond hours for US market alignment
- Reliable internet, electricity, laptop, and mobile phone essential
- Competitive base salary plus lucrative USD based commission structure
- Opportunity to grow within a global, technical market, specializing in hotel key cards, access control, transport, medical, ID badges, loyalty cards, banking solutions, and more
- This role is only suitable for seasoned, corporate-level sales professionals with proven experience and a strategic approach to client engagement. Entry level, junior, or inexperienced candidates are unlikely to meet the requirements for this role and are therefore discouraged from applying.
- Language: Native level proficiency in English, with exceptional verbal and written communication skills suitable for engaging C suite clients in the United States.
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