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Motus Corporation, through its Parts Incorporated Africa business, is searching for a Franchise Manager to join the team at its Cape Town branch. This permanent role is focused on maintaining and maximising sales from existing clients across the Midas franchise network, and applications close on 5 November 2026.
About the company and the work
Motus is a multinational provider of automotive mobility solutions and vehicle products and services, employing more than 20,000 people globally, with long-standing importer, distribution and retail partnerships with leading vehicle brands. Parts Incorporated Africa runs the Midas franchise network, and the Cape Town Franchise Manager works with franchisees, suppliers and telesales staff to grow sales while protecting franchise standards.
The role is focused on maintaining and maximising sales from existing clients by ensuring telesales staff achieve optimal performance. It also involves regular product performance reviews with team members, assisting suppliers to co-ordinate customer training evenings to enhance product knowledge, identifying new business opportunities with suppliers and members, and contributing to overall growth and stronger partnerships.
Role details and duties
The confirmed facts are: the employer is Motus Corporation (Parts Incorporated Africa), the role is at the Cape Town branch, it is a permanent position, the salary is market related, the sectors are Automotive and Management, and the reference number is 209734. The key responsibilities, as stated in the original advert, include:
- Achieving annual sales targets and planning the promotional calendar.
- Maintaining and maximising sales from existing clients and ensuring maximum output from telesales staff.
- Holding regular meetings with sales staff and regular product performance reviews with members.
- Assisting suppliers to co-ordinate customer training evenings and arranging customer trade evenings with suppliers.
- Identifying new business opportunities with suppliers and members and resolving supplier and member queries.
- Managing customer relationships through existing group structures and returning monthly turnover figures to the Franchise Office.
- Sorting out account queries and collections for outstanding amounts.
- Growing Wholesale house brands into the franchise network.
- Maintaining franchise standards, including corporate image and excellent customer service.
- Driving franchise growth by identifying open areas, appointing new franchisees with the Franchise Office, and handling cancellations and related paperwork.
- Conducting competitor analysis, including price mirror sheets used for price comparisons and follow-up.
- Handling merchandising, including front-of-store merchandising for Midas stores to corporate guidelines, range gap analysis, floor planning and workshop merchandising.
- Managing the Franchise of the Year programme, including training franchisee staff on tools such as CRM and loyalty cards.
- Running local marketing, including stock mix based on standard Power BI reports, regional programmes such as Mad Saturdays and store openings, local budgets and product launches.
- Supporting national marketing by tracking national specials and new products, measuring promotion success and promoting the Midas concept, and ensuring franchisees make full use of value adds and national deals.
- Adhering to all sales policies, practices and procedures.
Requirements
Applicants should meet the following requirements, as stated in the original advert:
- Matric Certificate / Grade 12.
- Minimum sales experience of 5 years.
- Ability to lead a team.
- Good communication skills, in both expression and comprehension.
- Computer literacy.
- Independence, self-motivation and the ability to work under pressure.
- Professionalism.
- In-depth industry and product knowledge.
- An analytical, figure-inclined approach.
- Excellent organisational skills.
- A high level of emotional intelligence.
A certificate or diploma in Sales and/or Marketing will be an advantage.
Where to find and apply safely
Apply only through the original Careers24 listing, using the Apply button on this page, which links directly to that advert. Do not pay anyone to secure this job, and do not share banking details or passwords with anyone claiming to arrange the placement. If a message about this vacancy asks for money, treat it as a scam and report it.
Practical tips
Put your five years of sales experience and your team leadership record first, and give a concrete example of growing sales from existing clients or improving telesales output. Mention any experience with franchise standards, merchandising, promotional calendars or supplier training evenings, since these are central to the role. Note that this is a different vacancy from the Career Circuit Franchise Manager role in Cape Town also listed on this site, so check the employer and reference number before applying.
How the process works
Applications are submitted through the Careers24 listing for this vacancy. The recruiter reviews applications against the stated requirements, and shortlisted candidates are contacted for the next steps. The closing date given in the advert is 5 November 2026.
Important information
This post is for information only. It is not a job offer, and it does not guarantee employment. Always confirm the full details, including the salary, which the advert states as market related, in the original Careers24 advert before applying.
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