Wednesday, 19 October 2011

Digital Mapping & Solutions Rep, Cape Town

A international digital mapping and solutions firm is looking to recruit a Digital Mapping & Solutions Representative to join their team based in Cape Town. This is a corporate position which requires a dynamic, progressive leader to develop sales in the digital mapping arena.

Main Responsibilities:

¨       Call on both existing and new customers
¨       Cold Canvassing for new customers, in the B to B and B to C market segments.
¨       Delivering superior customer service
¨       Meet sales targets
¨       Ability to converse on a technical/technology level and advise customers of the best solution.
¨       Be able to fully understand and sell digital mapping / map-driven solutions (mobile and web), as we as to sell online advertising space.
¨       Research into latest mobile and digital mapping technologies (software and or applications) and to advise internal team accordingly.
¨       Grow customized and digital contract business in the South Africa.

Requirements for this position are:

¨       A minimum of 3 years External Sales experience is essential, preferably in the corporate market.
¨       Experience in sales of a technical/technological nature or from a background of software sales will be advantageous. Have an understanding of web browsers & internet basics and possibly have some knowledge of navigation products & the GIS environment would be advantageous.
¨       Reliable motor vehicle
¨       A proven track record of achieving monthly sales targets
¨       Computer literacy and
¨       Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  

Knowledge
Skills
Attributes
·         Computer Literacy in Excel, MS Word.
·         TMS an advantage
·         Software sales experience advantageous.
·         Technical background would assist
·         Accuracy and efficiency
·         Sales and customer relationship management required
·         Strong Administrative and communication skills required
·         External sales background – minimum 3 years
·         The ability to work both independently and within a team structure
·         Must have a motor vehicle to visit clientele
·         The ability to deal with corporate clientele
·         To understand technical requests and software applications

Friday, 14 October 2011

New job specs added to www.latitude-resource.co.za

We have just added further detail to the vacancy page on our website, please see below:


GIS Software Developer (C#.NET), Johannesburg - Ref: GDEV5004

A GIS software solutions firm based in Johannesburg, but with a footprint in Southern Africa, is looking to recruit a mid to senior level .NET software developer. Spatial software experience in either or all of the following: ESRI, Spatial VU and Buffalo is essential. Please only apply if you have 2 years plus software development work experience.

Lidar Processing Specialist, Pretoria - Ref: LPGT5001
A National geospatial services business is looking to recruit an experienced LiDAR processing specialist to join their team based in Pretoria. Experience in the full data workflow process, from the point of capture to the completion of the final product is essential. The ideal candidate will have experience in merging LiDAR point clouds from static as well as moveable survey stations.

Junior GIS Sales Consultant, Centurion - Ref: JSGT5001
An international GIS data and services business is looking to recruit a junior sales executive to join their team based in Gauteng. Experience in geospatial industry is essential. Sales experience is not essential as employer is willing to provide sales training for an applicant with the right personality.

The successful candidate will have excellent verbal and written communication skills. This is a great opportunity for a junior GIS professional who is looking to move away from the technical side of GIS and get involved in the business/sales side of things.

GIS Business Unit Manager, Johannesburg - Ref: BMGT5001
A leading market intelligence data and solutions provider based in Johannesburg is looking to recruit a business unit manager to lead their market & data intelligence side of business. The ideal candidate will have geospatial market intelligence data experience, understand how this information can be utilised by potential clients and comprehend which industries can make use of such data/services.

The successful candidate will also have previous team and project management experience. Experience in running a business unit is preferred, but not essential. Ideally this person should come from a market intelligence background with experience in using geospatial data and tools. Business management experience in the form of budgeting and strategising will also be a distinct advantage.

Preferred personality traits: Driven, motivated, self starter and someone that can lead and motivate a team.

Salary will be experience dependent.


Please see the main site for further details - http://www.latitude-resource.co.za/vacancies

Monday, 10 October 2011

Latest Vacancies - 10/10/2011

Here is a list of our latest vacancies. If you would like further information regarding any of these, please express your interest by sending your CV to info@latitude-resource.co.za .

- GIS Analyst (MapInfo), Johannesburg
- GIS Data Capture Technician, Pretoria
- Lidar Processing Specialist, Pretoria
- Junior GIS Sales Consultant, Centurion
- GIS Business Unit Manager, Johannesburg
- GIS Web Developer, Pretoria
- GIS Business Developer, Gauteng
- GIS Systems Analyst, Gauteng
- GIS Business Analyst, Gauteng
- GIS Developer/Specialist, Gauteng *URGENT
- GIS Business Developer x 2, Gauteng
- Geospatial Software Developers, Cape Town & Johannesburg

Visit http://www.latitude-resource.co.za/vacancies for more details.

Monday, 3 October 2011

Interested in getting qualified in GIS?

One of our junior candidates recently asked me what South African universities offered courses in GIS. Here follows a couple of links that might assist anyone else with the same query:


Uni Degree: http://www.gissa.org.za/education/university-courses-in-gisc/university-courses-in-gisc

Other GIS Courses: http://www.gissa.org.za/education/technical-courses-in-gisc

Hope this helps!