Field Sales Account Executive – KZN

About the role

As a Field Sales Account Executive you will be the face of Yoco in KwaZulu‑Natal, meeting merchants on the ground, understanding their operations and demonstrating how Yoco’s payments, POS and business tools can simplify and grow their businesses. This is a new‑business, field‑based role that blends consultative selling with genuine curiosity about people and their businesses.

Key responsibilities

• Hunt, qualify and close new merchant opportunities in the assigned territory.
• Prospect your own pipeline through outbound outreach, referrals and partnerships.
• Run discovery conversations to uncover operational pain points.
• Design and propose tailored solutions that fit each business.
• Build trusted relationships with owners, operations leads and decision‑makers.
• Deliver confident, compelling product demos.
• Maintain a clean CRM, accurate forecast and honest pipeline.
• Ensure first‑time‑right activations and handover to onboarding.
• Provide market and competitor intelligence to the team.

Required profile

• Experience running operations in sectors Yoco serves (e.g., restaurants, bars, coffee shops, salons, beauty studios, independent retail).
• Hands‑on understanding of the challenges faced by small merchants.
• Ability to transition from operations to a sales mindset.
• Strong curiosity and relationship‑building skills.

Required skills