# KDP Sales Professional

**Company**: S&P Global Market Intelligence
**Location**: Johannesburg, ZA
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Sales
**Industry**: Finance

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## Description

We are looking for an ambitious and commercially minded sales professional to join our KDP sales team in Johannesburg.

This role offers the opportunity to develop a career in enterprise sales while working with financial institutions, corporations and other market participants across Africa.

**Responsibilities:**

- Identify, prospect and qualify new business opportunities within an assigned territory or client segment through outbound prospecting, campaigns and referrals.

- Understand clients’ workflows, business priorities and challenges, and connect these needs with relevant S&P Global Market Intelligence solutions.

- Support and increasingly take ownership of the sales process, from initial engagement through to closing, resolving varied or non-routine issues and managing deliverables effectively under general guidance.

- Establish credibility and build lasting relationships with users, decision-makers and senior stakeholders, while collaborating with senior sales colleagues, Relationship Managers, Product, Customer Success and Marketing teams to execute account strategies.

- Maintain strong sales discipline by keeping pipeline information, opportunities, contacts, meeting notes and forecasts accurate and current in Salesforce.

- All employees are required to work from the office a minimum of 2 days per week.

**What We’re Looking For:**

- Basic Required Qualifications:

+ An S&P Global employee at this level would typically have 5+ years of experience and exposure to financial institutions, investment markets or corporate finance.   + Strong interest in financial markets, data and technology, with the ability to learn complex products and translate their capabilities into clear client value.   + Excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills, with the confidence to engage new contacts and explain complex or technical information clearly.   + Strong organisational and time-management skills, with close attention to detail and the ability to prioritise high-impact activities, deliver high-quality work and meet agreed timelines.   + Emotional intelligence, resilience and adaptability, including the ability to remain positive following setbacks and identify appropriate options when working with incomplete or conflicting information.   + Strong collaboration and leadership skills, with the ability to influence peers, contribute to team goals, support colleagues and take ownership of clearly defined work while considering the priorities of others.

- Additional Preferred Qualifications:

+ Previous B2B sales, business development or client-facing experience within a commercial, financial-services, data or technology environment.   + Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant professional experience.   + Familiarity with CRM tools such as Salesforce, sales forecasting and pipeline-management processes.   + Knowledge of the South African or broader African financial-services market, combined with a proactive approach to identifying opportunities for innovation and continuous improvement.

**What’s in it for You:**

- Competitive salary and eligibility to participate in an annual incentive plan.

- A comprehensive S&P Global benefits package and access to professional development opportunities.

- Exposure to major financial institutions, investment markets and industry leaders across Africa.

- Structured career development within a global data and technology organisation.

## Skills

### Required
- financial markets
- data and technology
- sales
- communication
- organisational skills
- emotional intelligence
- leadership

### Nice to have
- B2B sales
- business development
- client-facing experience
- CRM tools
- Salesforce
- pipeline management
- African financial-services market

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