Trainee (Area Officer)
Type: Permanent
Level: Officer
Location: Kenya
Direct Reporting: Retail
Operation Manager (ROM)
Indirect Reporting: Finance
Manager, Supply Chain Manager
Company Profile & Job
Specification: Solar Kiosk is an award winning company conducting
sustainable energy and retail business in developing countries.
It is based out of Berlin (Germany)
and currently has six subsidiaries in Africa and projects in three
continents.
Flat hierarchies, a high degree of
personal responsibility, quick decision-making, cordial teamwork and a dynamic
and innovative business environment characterize our company.
We are looking for a trainee Area
Officer to be trained on how to manage, train and support kiosk operators in a
hands on manner on the job drive sales and business development, maintain
compliance and continuously improve the performance of the kiosk as per the
area assigned.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Oversee day to day operations of up to five
kiosks.
- Successfully drive sales and business
development.
- Report to ROM on all stock takes in all kiosks
within assigned area and also support the operations and supply chain team
with information as and when needed.
- Suggest turnaround strategies to ROM for
under-performing kiosks, incl. review of Operator and potential sales
prospects, product mix, etc.
- Assess and suggest to the ROM new business
opportunities in specific kiosk sites to increase sales.
- Undertake a continuous market research for all
assigned kiosk sites to suggest new product and/or business ideas to
increases gross profit.
- Be aware of all developments on community
level that might deteriorate the profit or even threaten business
continuity of a kiosk. Pro-actively suggest strategies to ROM to avert
threats.
- Coach Operators pro-actively how to improve
sales and ensure targets are met per kiosk.
- Establish good contacts and maintain the
relationships with local financial institutions, groups, schools,
hospitals and other potential institutional clients
- Check at daily visit merchandising and
display.
- Check at daily visit structure and electrical
components.
- Be physically present at every stock delivery
and be capable to perform required stock receipt duty via POS
- Ensure that all cash is collected and
immediately sent to head office
- Identify none-compliance / assure compliance
of Operators with all internal policies & procedures
Educational and Professional
Requirements
- University/College degree/diploma in Business
Administration, Youth Training, Sales, Customer Care or such related field
with 2-3 years work experience in sales.
- Must have sales and marketing skills and able
to communicate effectively, both in writing and verbally, in English and
Swahili.
- Proficient with standard office software
(incl. MS Word and MS Excel or equivalent).
- Driving license and/or rider’s license.
Contact: If your qualifications match the above profile, you
can identify with our vision and you are excited about this challenging
position, we look forward to receiving your application on
kenya.jobs@solarkiosk.eu
It should include a cover letter with salary expectations and earliest possible starting date and a Curriculum vitae
Regret: Due to the high number of applications anticipated
we may not be able to respond back to all applications however we will keep
your resume in our database for future positions.