Job Title: Regional Field Manager
Organisation: Living Goods
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda
Uganda
About Living Goods:
Living Goods is a non-profit organization headquartered in the United
States and currently operating in Uganda. Its goal is to build a sustainable
distribution platform for products designed to fight poverty and disease in the
developing world. Specifically, Living Goods operates networks of independent
entrepreneurs who make a living by selling cheap products to poor people that
can help improve their health, wealth, and productivity. One of the selling
techniques used by Living Goods entrepreneurs is door-to-door selling, and
Living Goods has been likened to Avon Products in terms of its marketing style.
The project aims to be fully self-funded at scale.
States and currently operating in Uganda. Its goal is to build a sustainable
distribution platform for products designed to fight poverty and disease in the
developing world. Specifically, Living Goods operates networks of independent
entrepreneurs who make a living by selling cheap products to poor people that
can help improve their health, wealth, and productivity. One of the selling
techniques used by Living Goods entrepreneurs is door-to-door selling, and
Living Goods has been likened to Avon Products in terms of its marketing style.
The project aims to be fully self-funded at scale.
Job Summary: The Regional
Field Manager’s primary goal is to maximize the performance of the branches in
their region. They do this by investing in branch managers who perform at a
consistently high level in terms of sales, coaching and mentoring of agents,
and health impact and operational management.
Field Manager’s primary goal is to maximize the performance of the branches in
their region. They do this by investing in branch managers who perform at a
consistently high level in terms of sales, coaching and mentoring of agents,
and health impact and operational management.
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:
Responsibilities:
1. Branch Team Management:
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Oversee branch teams performance in planning
fieldwork and oversight of all operations.
Oversee branch teams performance in planning
fieldwork and oversight of all operations.
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Coach, support and train teams to be
high-performing branch managers that ensure agents are maintaining target
inventory levels and are motivated and engaged.
Coach, support and train teams to be
high-performing branch managers that ensure agents are maintaining target
inventory levels and are motivated and engaged.
2. Agent Recruitment, Support and Motivation:
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Support recruitment of new and replacement
agents to meet growth goals.
Support recruitment of new and replacement
agents to meet growth goals.
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Coach branch teams to motivate agents to achieve
health and sales target, while ensuring that agents know and follow health
protocols (esp. diagnosis and treatment.)
Coach branch teams to motivate agents to achieve
health and sales target, while ensuring that agents know and follow health
protocols (esp. diagnosis and treatment.)
·
Work with branch teams to support strong
performers while increasing effectiveness of weaker performers.
Work with branch teams to support strong
performers while increasing effectiveness of weaker performers.
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Implement marketing and promotional efforts to
support agent sales goals.
Implement marketing and promotional efforts to
support agent sales goals.
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Supervise branch teams to manage Branch
financial operations and ensure that the books balance, submit monthly branch
operations requisitions to ensure effective ongoing service to agents, and
account for all branch expenses on a monthly basis.
Supervise branch teams to manage Branch
financial operations and ensure that the books balance, submit monthly branch
operations requisitions to ensure effective ongoing service to agents, and
account for all branch expenses on a monthly basis.
·
Supervise branch teams to manage inventory and
coordinate and implement delivery routes to provide effective delivery to agents
Supervise branch teams to manage inventory and
coordinate and implement delivery routes to provide effective delivery to agents
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Supervise branch teams to ensure all agents
health reporting is complete, accurate and on-time.
Supervise branch teams to ensure all agents
health reporting is complete, accurate and on-time.
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
Experience:
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The applicant should ideally possess an
Undergraduate degree in business or diploma in Business or Management or Health
related areas.
The applicant should ideally possess an
Undergraduate degree in business or diploma in Business or Management or Health
related areas.
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A minimum of seven years’ supervisory experience
of a sales team or field force.
A minimum of seven years’ supervisory experience
of a sales team or field force.
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Track record in motivating teams to excel.
Track record in motivating teams to excel.
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Unimpeachable level of personal integrity.
Unimpeachable level of personal integrity.
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Entrepreneurial spirit and drive for results.
Entrepreneurial spirit and drive for results.
·
Exceptional natural leader with strong
interpersonal skills
Exceptional natural leader with strong
interpersonal skills
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Excellent written and verbal communications
skills in English and Luganda.
Excellent written and verbal communications
skills in English and Luganda.
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Strong analytic skills
Strong analytic skills
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Strong computer skills
Strong computer skills
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Flexible and willing to travel within Uganda.
Flexible and willing to travel within Uganda.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified candidates should apply by visiting the
r-recruitment website below.
r-recruitment website below.
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