Jobs and Vacancies by Sheer Logic, Kenya

Sheer Logic is seeking to engage dynamic individuals for a Shop Manager position for one of our clients.

 Responsibilities
·         Responsible for coordinating all HR matters in the shop and escalating them to the Operations & Sales Manager
·         Sales Targets: Steer the assigned outlets towards achieving set sales targets.

·         Ordering: Plan/Forecast realistic orders to the production and stores departments accordingly and within set time frames
·         Personnel Management: Staff Rosters, organize for appointments and meetings. Assist in disciplinary issues, coaching and implement trainings on areas of weakness
·         Quality Customer Service: Train, monitor and ensure that there is a smooth running of customer service areas and satisfaction in the outlets
·         Communication: Ensure timely communication with other departments in order make sure that customers’ needs are satisfied and met.
·         Controls: To implement controls e.g. selling procedure, handling of cash, daily banking, reconciliation and other documentation required are in place. Identify and communicate gaps that might lead to pilferage
·         Feedback: Collect feedback from the outlet staff and customers and communicate the same to management. Interacts with customers in order to make sure that satisfaction and promotion of facilities and services are adequately met.
·         Recruitment: Assist in recruiting team professional as well as qualified staff who are dedicated to provide great services.
·         Food safety, Hygiene and Cleanliness: Ensure to observe high standards of the aforementioned and to make sure that their teams have good knowledge on the same. Implement good housekeeping, Food safety and Good manufacturing practices.
·         Products: Ensure presentation of the products on a creative and appealing manner and that all the products offered are available for sale and are of good quality
·         Inventory: Take weekly / daily inventories with their supplies and maintain an optimum stock level so as to meet their customer’s demand.
·         Cost Consciousness: Ensure to avoid excess and detect waste for optimum profit without affecting the company’s performance. (returns, misuse of ingredients or consumables)
·         Sales Promotions: Implement and maximize output of sales promotions and marketing efforts at the outlets
·         Identify new opportunities that can contribute to the company’s goals in sales and profits
·         Performance Management: Monitor performance and assist in the performance management of the sales team. Coach, train and assist underperforming employees.
·         Motivation: Motivate the employees and foster a good working environment
·         Ensure that the company’s policies and goals are accomplished on time, and demonstrate a positive and flexible approach on the same
·         Reports & Analysis: continuously Analyse shops performance, product performance, etc. and prepare reports for the management e.g. weekly and monthly reports
·         Fully inputs correct data and utilises the in-house management system (CMS) and train the team on the same.
Qualifications
·         University Degree.
·         Customer Service – Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer services; excellent customer service skills and interpersonal and communication skills; customer friendly, motivated and enthusiastic attitude.
·         Sales and Marketing — Knowledge of principles and methods for presenting, promoting and selling products and services; target driven, self-motivated and enthusiast with strong persuasive skills; commercial attitude.
·         Communication – Good knowledge of the English language, both in speaking and writing; effective verbal and listening communication skills.
·         Able to work under stress in a highly dynamic environment, able to multi-task.
·         High level of honesty and respect, professionalism, confidentiality and independence.
·         Confident with Strong leadership and Supervisory Skills
·         3 years + of experience in similar function in supervision or management
·         Proficiency with computer applications and programs including email, Microsoft Office, and operations related applications.

Sheer Logic Management Consultants is seeking to engage dynamic individuals for Sales Executives position for one of our clients. The position is open in Western region (Please note that all applicants MUST indicate their preferred town when applying).
Western regions: Mbale, Kosele, Bukura, Sikhendu, Kiminini and Kaimosi
Maximises sales revenue by working through and with distributors, dealers and other partners to build a robust sustainable distribution network on the ground
Responsibilities
·         Assures the achievement of agreed sales and revenue targets through distributors, dealers and other partners that resell the products and services:
·         Implements assigned action plans aimed at achieving sales and revenue targets including selling products and services primarily to outlets on the ground
·         Closely monitors distributors/partners against anticipated sales revenue and ensures on-target performance is achieved
·         Recruit new outlets and agents while monitoring stock levels both at distributor level and in the trade
·         Work alongside distributors and their staff to carry out all the required activities to achieve set targets including the distribution of branding and promotion materials to enhance visibility
·         Identifies gaps in the distribution chain and brings them to management attention for action
·         Maintains sales records, prepares and submit sales reports as required
·         ensure consistent availability of products and services with a view to increase subscriber numbers and achieve revenue targets

·         Develops strong relationships with acquired agents and outlets to ensure sensitivity to the customer’s needs, concerns and emerging requirements.
Qualifications
·         Minimum qualification is University Degree
·         IT literate and tech savvy with devices
·         6 months – 1 year work experience in retail sales within the FMCG industry will be an added advantage
Competencies
·         Confidence
·         Good understanding of basic business principles
·         Strong analytical and problem solving skills
·         Excellent planning and organisation skills
·         Goal oriented
·         Excellent interpersonal skills
·         Excellent and effective communications skills, both orally and in writing

Sheer Logic Management Consultants is seeking to engage dynamic individuals for the Business Intelligence Analyst position for one of our clients.
This position will focus primarily on the measurement, reporting, and analysis of data from the company’s data warehouse for the purpose of optimizing marketing efforts. You will be responsible for finding important data patterns, analyzing business problems, and explaining what’s happening and why.
Qualified candidates are skilled at conveying logical explanations to complex problems, while presenting easy-to-understand data analyses.
This position plays a key role in generating recommendations for initiatives that are crucial to the achievement of marketing objectives.
Responsibilities
·         Facilitate efficient, information-driven marketing decisions
·         Tracking and analysis of marketing KPIs throughout the year
·         Communicate marketing trends to marketing management Teams
·         Identify, analyze, and interpret trends or patterns in data sets
·         Objectively present key insights and optimization recommendations
·         Develop dashboard system to efficiently deliver actionable information to decision-makers
·         Lead project to develop, then maintain dashboards based on needs of stakeholders and overall company objectives
·         Work closely with business users to design, develop, and maintain ad-hoc reports in the form of user-friendly dashboards
·         Improve and maintain analytics infrastructure
·         Work with vendors and across company departments to enable flexible, automated analysis
·         Develop proficient data mining and manipulation skills using available tools and databases (SQL, SAS, R, Python, etc…)
·         Maintain and refine documentation on measurement methodology and reporting processes to ensure continuity and consistency of our marketing analytics program
Qualifications
·         Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, extract, organize, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy
·         Proven experience manipulating, analyzing, and summarizing data using SQL.
·         Strong Microsoft Excel skills (including the use of macros, pivot tables and other features)
·         Strong communication, presentation and influencing skills
·         Bachelor’s degree in I.T, Marketing, Information Systems, Information Management, Statistics, Mathematics or Marketing Research or equivalent combination of education and experience
·         1-2 years in data analysis
Preferred
·         Hands-on experience in building dashboards (using programs like Excel, Power BI)
·         Experience with Ad Hoc Analysis; driven and results oriented, able to deliver on minimal guidance and supervision.
·         Technical expertise regarding data models, database design development, data mining and segmentation techniques
·         Knowledge of statistics and experience using statistical packages for analyzing large datasets (Using Excel)
·         Ability to write basic SQL queries preferred including joins, creation of views, group by commands, and aggregations
·         Strong passion for digital media and emerging technologies with a solid understanding of trends within marketing
How to Apply