Our client, a leading online
travel company in Africa is urgently seeking to recruit a Sales Manager.
Location: Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda
Overview of Role:Plan, direct and implement Sales strategies and programs to achieve or exceed the sales objectives for the region.
Key Responsibilities
Location: Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda
Overview of Role:Plan, direct and implement Sales strategies and programs to achieve or exceed the sales objectives for the region.
Key Responsibilities
- Develops Sales
plans and budgets to achieve or exceed the annual sales objectives for the
region. Monitor and control the sales budget to ensure optimum utilization
of resources in the region.
- Generate sales
of company products in the region through a team of salesmen in order to
achieve or exceed the annual sales targets.
- Conduct regular
market visits to check competitor activity and continuously search for new
opportunities in order to increase sales in the region.
- Provide
customers in the region with information about new or improved services in
order to improve sales in the region.
- Develop and
maintain an efficient networks to ensure the comprehensive availability of
company’s services across the region to achieve or exceed the sales
targets.
- Establish and
ensure that all sales administration procedures relating to the region are
properly implemented to support the sales teams in their efforts to
accomplish the sales targets.
- Liaise with the
Marketing team to ensure that adequate marketing support by way of
promotions is available in the region in order to provide brand visibility
and promote sales in the region.
- Develop the
necessary Sales Management organization structure and ensure the right
caliber of staffing and appropriate training to meet all job requirements.
Provide leadership so that staff are well motivated and engaged to stay
and contribute effectively to the organization.
Qualifications
- At least 6
years of sales experience including 4 years of demonstrated track record
of field sales, preferably in the FMCG industry.
- University
degree in Sales Management.
- Sound knowledge
of sales and sales administration processes.
Key Skills
- Strong selling
skills
- Good
communication skills
- Excellent
presentation skills
- Strong
leadership skills
- Commitment to
achieving the sales targets
- Creative
- Problem solver
especially in crisis situations
- Good managerial
skills
- Achievement
orientation
How to Apply
Interested candidates who
meet the requirements are invited to send their CV to
‘vacancies@jantakenya.com’ indicating the job tittle “SALES MANAGER” on the
subject line by 9th December 2016.Kindly indicate your preferred location.
