Sales Representative Job in Kenya

Job Title: Sales Representative - FMCG & HORECA

Job Description

Identifying and establishing contact with potential customers proactively.

Achieving the monthly sales targets assigned.

Responding to sales inquiries from new and existing customers.

Delivering presentations of the company products in the HORECA business.

Maintaining the company’s contact database management with up-to-date contact, accurate and activity details.

Producing monthly sales reports and testing very new product releases to support product development team.

Ensuring effective internal communication within the Sales, Marketing team.

Ensuring availability of the complete product line in the assigned market.

Maintaining a minimum stock level in the stock rooms as well as counters of each out let.

Maintain and report details of stock movement in each locations assigned.

Keeping a tight control on the outstanding level.

Providing maximum personal attention to avoid wastage of products.

Timely and frequent visits to the counters.

Operating within the company stipulated frame work.

Maintaining a healthy relationship with the customer support staff (merchandisers, shelf boys ……etc) in the different outlets.

Executing the role of merchandiser where ever applicable.

Skills Required
  • Excellent problem solving and organization skills
  • Self-motivated and flexible to work with negligible supervision.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Good interpersonal and communication skills.
  • Tenacious work attitude.
  • Should be able to work as a team member.
  • Should have negotiation skills to deal with different kinds of customers.
  • Able to meet deadlines along with working under pressure.
  • Should be able to handle varied tasks.
  • Flexible to work anytime.
  • Willing to travel on frequent basis.

Qualifications & Skills
  • BA Marketing
  • Minimum 5-8 years relevant Sales & Marketing experience handling Food Service accounts specific to HORECA customers in the region.
  • An established customer base and with an excellent rapport with key accounts.
  • Excellent planning skills, especially with regards to Budgeting, Forecasting and Presentation.
  • The position also requires excellent communication and interpersonal skills and existing commercial awareness of Kenyan FMCG market, with an emphasis on hotels, restaurants, catering businesses, and fast food chains

Application Process

Interested candidates are invited to strictly email their cover letter and CV, clearly detailing their current remuneration and expectations to recruitment@odumont.com before end of day 20 August 2013.


Only short listed candidates will be contacted