Sales and Marketing Manager

A Sales and Marketing Manager, or executive has a broad overview kind of role within a corporate environment. You have the potential to manage anything from public relations, marketing campaigns, marketing teams, marketing strategy, product development, sales records and daily KPIs, distribution, sponsorship and research.

Many Sales and Marketing Managers have a Bachelor’s Degree in Business or Marketing. It is a good idea to invest in a degree like the one mentioned, there are also companies who require you to have a Masters degree instead, especially in higher positions within a corporate setting. If you have studied something else, there are a lot of short courses in marketing, sales management and other skills that would be beneficial to a sales and marketing manager in the making.

Regular working hours for work as a Sales and Marketing Manager are 9 – 5 during the week. However, if there are big events over weekends or after hours, as a Manager, you would be expected to work overtime.

The average salary per year as a Sales and Marketing Manager, in South Africa, is around R349 516  with an hourly rate of about R124 per hour.

Here are a few things you can expect from a career as a Sales and Marketing Manager:

• Working in Sales and Marketing, especially as a Manager can be a highly demanding role, with tight deadlines and the need to be quick on the draw and able to manage and mobilise teams of people
• Usually an office based role, with a lot of meetings with your teams and staff members. Meeting with clients will also be a regular occurance
• You should expect to manage multiple different teams and projects at the same time