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Did you know that every year Swallows migrate 6,000 miles from the UK to Africa?

Nothing stands in their way, they remain laser focused on their destination, while also being agile and acrobatic. Their level of teamwork and commitment inspires us, which is why the humble Swallow is a key part of our identity.

At Cloud Essentials, we help our clients to embark on their own journeys, by moving quickly and working together in unison.

We are all committed to doing whatever it takes to ensure they reach their destination.

Our values guide everything we do – we take accountability and responsibility for our actions, and always work with integrity and agility.

If that sounds like you, we’d love you to become part of our team!

What will it feel like?

Our business is built around our people, so we don’t want time and place to hold you back. That’s why there’s flexibility in the working pattern and location that helps you to deliver results for our clients and thrive. And yes, that can be from home!

You’re a human first and employee second, so we want you to live your life to the full. That’s why our hybrid style of working is designed to enrich your life, not restrict it.

We want you to bring all of your unique energy, ideas and experience to the team, with a healthy dose of curiosity, because that is what will help us to progress and deliver.

In return, we will always invest in your future and help you to become the best you can be.

Join us and we’ll accelerate our clients’ cloud journeys, together.

Current roles

New Business Specialist

Cloud Essentials is looking for a New Business Specialist to help us open doors, create senior‑level access, and originate net‑new opportunities within enterprise and mid‑market organisations. This is a true hunter role — ideal for someone who thrives on prospecting, breaking into new accounts, and creating opportunity where none existed.

 

See the full job profile here: https://www.cloudessentials.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Cloud-Essentials-_New-Business-Specialist-Advert.pdf

 

Role Purpose:
The New Business Specialist is responsible for originating net – new business opportunities by opening doors into target organisations and securing early access to senior decision-makers. This is a new business (hunter) role focused on lead & deal generation, new logo acquisition, early – stage opportunity origination, and market entry within defined target industries and accounts. This person will own opportunities from first contact through to qualification and will circumstantially hand over some qualified leads to sales and delivery or continue to progress them and have the ongoing ownership themselves, to deal closure (at managers discretion).

Location:
Randburg, South Africa
Salary Bracket:
Market related. Not commission based.
Work arrangement:
Hybrid (2 days in office)

Minimum Requirements:

Experience

  • 5–10+ years’ experience in B2B new‑business / hunter sales roles
  • Proven track record of securing first meetings with senior decision‑makers
  • Experience originating and qualifying net‑new leads
  • Background in technology, cloud, managed services, or consulting‑led sales
  • Exposure to the Microsoft ecosystem (M365, Azure, Security, Data/AI)
  • Comfortable operating in high‑ambiguity, greenfield environments

Qualifications

  • Tertiary qualification in Business, Sales, or IT (advantageous)
  • Microsoft or aligned vendor sales certifications (beneficial)
  • SPIN or consultative selling training (advantageous)

 

Apply

If you would like to apply for a position listed, or if there are no roles listed here but you would like to send us a speculative application, please send your CV and a covering letter.



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