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• Sell
  company’s grain products by establishing contact and. developing
  relationships with prospects, recommending solutions;
• Identify
  business opportunities by identifying prospects and evaluating their
  position in the industry; researching and analyzing sales options;
• Develop
  a marketing business plan aligned t& the overall strategy;
• Oversee
  and implement the marketing plan to achieve profitability targets set per
  product; Develop pricing strategies with the goal of maximizing the
  company’s profits and market share – ensure company profitability through
  correct pricing policies and product costing;
• Prepare
  and review monthly profit & loss for department and report to senior
  management;
• Manage
  the setting of sales and marketing forecasts and follow up to ensure they
  are achieved as well as reporting on performance;
• Carry
  out accurate analysis of marketing information, both internal and
  external, for effective negotiations and decision-making;
• Establish
  and maintain good corporate relations and implement a customer care
  management programs to ensure brand protection;
• Regularly
  analyze and track grain trading trends and Identify new opportunities for
  the company;
• Conduct
  periodic market intelligence and oversee research and make recommendations
  to improve marketing and trading base;
• Map
  existing grain trading routes and establish potential trading routes for
  maize grain.
• Provide
  grain monitoring tools to check grain movement, volumes of trade/sales,
  and trade routes.
• Ensure
  high levels of the visibility in the market;

• The
  applicant should have experience and demonstrated success in marketing and
  trading that will enhance AFGRI’s trading efforts at the East African
  level.
• The
  ideal candidate will be a strategic marketing thinker with excellent
  implementation skills in marketing, a superior communicator, and an
  inclusive marketing leader with a solid understanding of the grain related
  value chains primarily for the East African Region.
• For
  this Position, the skills required could have been developed through on
  the job training, previous work experience in other related trading and
  marketing roles from the private sector.

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