Sales Trainee - Food / Milling Industry

About the role

We are seeking a motivated Sales Trainee to join SternIngredients South Africa in Johannesburg. You will be introduced to the milling industry, our functional ingredients and the sales processes, with the aim of building a long‑term career in food‑related sales.

Key responsibilities

• Learn about the milling industry, our products, applications and commercial processes.
• Support and progressively take ownership of sales activities across South Africa.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with existing milling customers.
• Identify and approach potential new customers within the milling sector.
• Visit mills nationwide to understand operations and requirements.
• Prepare and follow up on quotations, samples, product information and commercial proposals.
• Maintain an accurate sales pipeline, record customer activities and submit regular reports and forecasts.
• Coordinate with internal departments such as Customer Service, Technical, Logistics and Finance.
• Support product trials, customer presentations and technical visits at mills.
• Represent the company at trade shows, conferences and industry events.
• Work towards agreed sales and business‑development targets.

Required profile

• Outgoing, confident and comfortable initiating conversations with customers.
• Commercially curious with an interest in how mills operate.
• Motivated by achieving results and meeting targets.
• Willing to travel regularly across South Africa.

Required skills

• Proficiency in spoken Afrikaans.
• Proficiency in spoken English.