Sales Analyst Job at Monitor Publications Limited

Job Title: Sales Analyst 
Organisation: Monitor
Publications Limited
Reports to: Circulation
Manager
Duty Station: Uganda

About Monitor:

Monitor Publications Limited, A
Nations Media Group Company operates Uganda’s most influential media house
boosting of the Daily Monitor, Sunday Monitor newspapers, 93.3 & KFM Radio
Stations, Nation Couriers and the Monitor Business Directory.
Job Summary: The Sales Analyst will track and collect daily sales demand feedback across the market during peak sales so as to deliver quick responses, advice and actions to the relevant field sales personnel and also the print order processing function to smoothen copy supply and demand across the market based on unique purchase dynamics per outlet.
Key Duties & Responsibilities:
  • Identify
    and build sales contact data base that can instantly be called or SMG
    for market feedback and sales communication. 
  • Generate
    substantial representative telephone sales samples every day from key
    outlets across the country to define sales trends for key outlets across
    the country to define sales trends for key outlets to inform print
    order processing for minimal returns and editorial feedback for story
    follow up. 
  • Compile
    cumulative sales data for all key outlets so as to offer advisory to
    agents and sub-agents to the circulation systems manager to determine the
    print order numbers for each outlet.
  • Call
    all the key delivery end points of the distribution channel and provide
    daily delivery report indicating delivery times and mechanisms say van or
    taxi indicating comments for improvements.
  • Maintain
    a subscriber contact databank with telephone numbers so as to provide
    phone support in regards to debt communication, payments renewal, delivery
    and customer issues and forwarding new subscribers to the Circulation
    Manager.
  • Assist
    the circulation manager in generating written advisory to the field sales
    teams and agents pertaining issues of wastage control gaps to address in
    their work scope based on captured telesales and blue bird sales data.
  • Prepare
    detailed sales trend & pattern analysis per route , area, outlet
    , sales point agent , sub agent and supermarkets to inform the
    next/new print order/demand . 
  • Analyse
    Sales performance of both existing and new copy sales spikes / events/
    projects i.e. Elections, Exams results, Campaigns, Scandals, Breaking
    Stories P1 Stories to inform improvement modifications for the next or
    upcoming issues.
Qualifications, Skills & Experience:
  • Diploma
    in Statistics, Mathematics , Business Administration or any related course
    from a recognized institution. Additional qualifications in sales or
    data analysis would be an added advantage.
  • 2
    years experience in Sales / Data Analysis
  • Appreciation
    of numbers including data interpretation and collection to inform decision
    making. 
  • Customer
    care and ability to handle difficult customer responses for example
    street vendors 
  • An
    understanding of fast moving consumer goods market environment especially
    newspaper market in Uganda 
  • Self-driven 
  • Willing
    to work for long hours including weekend .
  • Strong
    Analytical Skills
  • Computer
    literacy especially in spreadsheets and data analysis like SPSS, STRATA,
    Epi Info.
  • Business
    Acumen
  • Excellent
    Communication Skills.
How to Apply:
If you believe that you are our
ideal candidate, please submit your application , detailed CV and academic
documents with a daytime telephone number .

The Resourcing & Talent Management Specialist , Monitor Publications Ltd
.
P. O. Box 12141, Kampala, Uganda.

Deadline: 23rd May 2013

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