Company / Department: LOOMAS
Food
Employment Type: Full
Time
Position: Sales and Marketing Manager
Company: Manufacturing,
snacks industry.
Location: Hargeisa, Somaliland
Reports to: General Manager
Probation Period: Three months
Notice Period: One month
Salary Range: $1000 - $2000 (Based on Experience)
General Purpose:
- Under limited
supervision, manages all Marketing and sales functions in LOOMAS.
- Performs other
duties as assigned.
Essential Functions: Duties
listed below are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work
that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not
exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or of a logical
assignment.
Key responsibilities for this
position include, but are not limited to:
- Establishes,
develops and maintains business relationships with current customers and
prospective customers in the assigned territory/market segment to generate
new business for the organization’s products/services.
- Makes telephone
calls and in-person visits and presentations to existing and prospective
customers.
- Researches
sources for developing prospective customers and for information to
determine their potential.
- Develops clear
and effective written proposals/quotations for current and prospective
customers.
- Expedites the
resolution of customer problems and complaints.
- Coordinates
sales effort, sales management, accounting, logistics and technical
service groups.
- Analyzes the
territory/market’s potential and determines the value of existing and
prospective customer’s value to the organization.
- Creates and
manages a customer value plan for existing customers highlighting profile,
share and value opportunities.
- Identifies
advantages and compares organization’s products.
- Plans and
organizes personal sales strategy by maximizing the Return on Time
Investment for the territory/segment.
- Oversee the
creative process for a brand’s marketing strategy
- Researches the
brand’s target market and how they can be reached
- Analyzes the
pricing, placement, and promotion of the brand and how it could be
improved
- Generates new
ideas for brands in terms of naming, product features, packaging, and more
- Has ideas of
how the brand will develop in the future
- Supplies
management with oral and written reports on customer needs, problems,
interests, competitive activities, and potential for new products and
services.
- Keeps
up-to-date of product applications, technical services, market conditions,
competitive activities, advertising and promotional trends through the
reading of pertinent literature and consulting with marketing and
technical service areas.
- Performs other
duties are required.
Minimum Qualifications:
- A college
degree AND minimum five (5) years of experience within sales and tactical
marketing in food industry OR an equivalent combination of education and
experience.
Skills & Knowledge for
this Role:
- Good
interpersonal skills and self-motivated with a demonstration of
initiative.
- Excellent
analytical, decisive, planning and organizational skills.
- Ability to
exercise initiative, resourcefulness and judgment.
- Ability to work
independently as well as in a team within and beyond the team when needed.
- Computer
literacy and ability to use computers is necessary.
- Skill in
effectively selling concepts, products and services.
- Skill in oral
and written communication.
- Skill in
operating office equipment such as copier machines.
- Skill in
establishing and maintaining cooperative working relationships with other
employees.
Licenses / Certificates /
Special Requirements:
- Driving
licenses.
How to Apply:
Please submit your and up- to
-date CV torecruit@soundboardconsultkenya.co.ke
Closing Date: 15th Jan 2017
