IT Sales Executive

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🇿🇦 South Africa – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟢 Junior

🟡 Mid-level

🤑 Sales

🚫👨‍🎓 No degree required

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VirtuHire

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2019

🎯 Recruiter

👥 HR Tech

☁️ SaaS

Recruitment • HR Tech • SaaS

VirtuHire is a remote recruiting and employer-of-record service focused on connecting businesses with vetted South African talent. The company rigorously vets candidates and provides a curated shortlist, interview scheduling, onboarding, payroll, compliance, and full employee management. It offers a no-fee recruitment process, advertises cost savings versus local hires, and emphasizes English proficiency, university-educated candidates, and industry experience. Metrics provided include clients served, hires made, and a high retention rate. VirtuHire positions itself as a partner handling hiring, EOR services, and HR administration to let clients focus on growth.

📋 Description

• Identify and pursue new business opportunities through prospecting and outreach. • Engage with customers to understand their IT requirements and recommend suitable hardware, software, and managed service solutions. • Manage the full sales cycle, from initial contact and lead qualification through to quoting, negotiation, and closing deals. • Prepare and follow up on quotes to progress sales opportunities. • Build and maintain strong customer relationships while developing and growing an account portfolio. • Manage the sales pipeline and maintain accurate records using CRM systems. • Work towards revenue and gross profit targets while supporting customer retention and repeat business. • Work with vendor partner programmes and portals to support sales activities. • Manage the full sales cycle, from identifying new business opportunities to closing deals and growing customer accounts. • Recommend suitable hardware, software, and managed service solutions. • Build a strong sales pipeline, prepare quotes, negotiate deals, and develop long-term customer relationships.

🎯 Requirements

• At least 2 years of experience in IT sales, covering hardware, software, or managed services. • A proven track record of working towards and achieving revenue and gross profit targets. • Experience managing the full sales cycle, including prospecting, quoting, negotiating, closing deals, and account management. • Confidence engaging with customers and understanding their business and technology requirements. • Experience selling to UK education, small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), or public sector customers. • Strong commercial awareness and negotiation skills. • Good CRM discipline and the ability to manage a sales pipeline effectively. • Knowledge of vendor programmes such as Microsoft, HP, Lenovo, Dell, or Google would be an advantage. • Strong communication skills and the ability to build credibility with senior customers.