Senior Sales Executive - Smart Card Solutions

Job Title

SALES EXECUTIVE: SMART CARD SOLUTIONS

Company

My client, a global provider of secure smart card and RFID technologies

Location

Cape Town (fully remote role, Western Cape)

About the Role

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.

Key Duties

• 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

Requirements

• 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

Compensation

Competitive base salary plus lucrative USD-based commission structure

Additional Information

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.

Contract Type

CORPORATE-LEVEL