Sales & Marketing Associate at Mkobo Microfinance Bank Limited (Mkobobank)

Job Role

• The primary focus of this role is to maximize revenue for MKOBO by proactively building a portfolio of quality risk assets and liabilities, and actively promoting and marketing MKOBO’s products and services while also ensuring the products are appropriately positioned and priced to be competitive.
• Creating and developing new innovative ways to communicate the company message to their existing customers.
• To ensure that long-term customer relationship is maintained so as to achieve the goals of the company.
• To conduct direct marketing of the Company’s products and services to help maximize revenue.
• Prompt response to customer inquiries on products or existing account queries and effect satisfactory outcomes. Contribute to team effectiveness through participation and cooperation.
• Maintain and developnew customers account, and liaised with back office staff in processing new clients.
• Compile necessary documentation from customers to be submitted for review and approval.
• Keeps management informed by submitting activity and results reports, such as daily call reports, weekly work plans, and monthly and annual territory analyses.
• Contribute to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
• Organize activities relating to sales and marketing promotions that will help increase awareness and generate new business.

Qualifications

• Minimum of Degree in Marketing / Finance / Communication from a reputable University.
• Minimum of 1 year relevant experience in a similar role.
• Financial services or technology company experience will be beneficial

Must Have Skills:

• Able to achieve set targets,
• Develop long–term relationships with clients
• Ability to maintain and develop new customers account, and liaison with back office staff
• Ability to learn fast
• Self Starter and ability to work independently
• Ability to innovate, prioritize and implement effectively
• Knowledge of direct sales and marketing.
• Knowledge of relationship building and customer management
• Ability to maintain confidentiality of information
• Experience of marketing and sourcing new clients for loans and deposit.