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Description :
Job Objectives:
Responsible for growing the brand by expanding the sales of mass market products in assigned region in the country.
Key Responsibilities:
Strategy/Policy Implementation; Accountable for implementing the Brand distribution/sales policy by:
• Partnering with regional and bakery managers to provide support to distributors and indirect sales channels
in developing business plans and marketing strategies
• Maintaining a vibrant communication mechanism with sales/dispatch and bakery management department to
ensure efforts are in line with objectives.
• implementing effective distributor/reseller recruitment strategy in assigned region thereby increase the sales of all bread produced.
• Gathering market and customer information and providing feedback on future buying trends.
Qualifications :
Functional Competencies/Requirements:
• Excellent sales and negotiation skills
• Good business sense
• The ability to motivate and lead a team
• Initiative and enthusiasm
• Excellent communication and 'people skills'
• Good planning and organisational skills
• The ability to work calmly under pressure
• Good IT, budget and report writing skills
• A full driving licence
Educational Qualifications/Experience:
1) The ideal candidate will have about 7 years of successful sales/order management experience in food manufacturing industry
2) Previous Sales Management/business experience preferred.
3) Minimum of BSc or equivalent
Desired Personal Attribute:
1) Integrity
2) Positive hard worker
3) Empathetic and enthusiastic towards organizational goals
4) Target Oriented
5) Ability to cope with and work under pressure
6) Willingness to travel and work in a team of professionals.
7) Proven leadership and ability to drive sales teams.
8) Excellent communication and 'people skills
Interested and suitably qualified candidates should forward detailed CVs to irene@findajobinafrica.com
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