Head, Marketing & Sales at HRLeverage Africa

Job Description

• We are currently in need of a marketing  & Sales lead to develop, manage  and execute sales plans as well as follow new leads.

Job Responsibilities
Ideal candidate will be responsible for:

• Development and execution of an annual marketing plan, marketing calendars, and corresponding budget as well as the creation and execution of annual/seasonal sales programs.
• Establishing and maintaining relationships with relevant marketing, advertising, and events vendors.
• Creating and coordinating community awareness, image building, and press opportunities that support the marketing plan.
• Generating new sales lead.
• Responsible for event preparation, coordination of materials, and staffing.
• Creating, overseeing and coordinating the hard copy for all direct mail campaigns and customer mailings.
• Developing and coordinating production and distribution of all marketing materials.
• Maintaining Marketing Materials Inventory Control log.
• Responsible for the preparation, copywriting, design and distribution of newsletters and emails.
• Monitoring competition through clipping service.
• Additional responsibilities as assigned by the Head of sales and marketing.

Requirements

• Minimum of a first degree in Business Administration or other related field.
• Minimum of 3 years work experience as a sales and marketing person in a landscaping & Architectural firm.
• Excellent administrative, interpersonal, leadership, multi-tasking, follow-up, and communication skill.
• Ability to interface with all levels of personnel both internally and outside the company
• Working knowledge of marketing, public relations, events management, research and report generation.
• Demonstrated skill in creating, planning and executing marketing initiatives and measuring ROI.
• Skill in preparing written reports and making verbal presentations.
• Word Processing, Power Point, and Excel software skills, database management.
• Working Knowledge of Constant Contact or other email marketing tool.
• Basic HTML knowledge.