Job Title: Sales and Marketing Officer
Organisation: KSK Associates
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda
Uganda
About Us:
KSK Associates is a Professional Services
Firm that provides Financial Consultancy Services including Assurance and
Business Advisory Services, Business Planning, Feasibility studies &
Project Proposal Preparation, Human Resource, Risk Management and Information
System Solutions. They would like to recruit for their client, a manufacturing company.
Firm that provides Financial Consultancy Services including Assurance and
Business Advisory Services, Business Planning, Feasibility studies &
Project Proposal Preparation, Human Resource, Risk Management and Information
System Solutions. They would like to recruit for their client, a manufacturing company.
Job Summary: The Sales and Marketing Officer will be tasked
to accomplish Business development activities by researching and developing
marketing opportunities and plans, implementing sales plans and managing sales
department.
to accomplish Business development activities by researching and developing
marketing opportunities and plans, implementing sales plans and managing sales
department.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
·
Accomplishes
Marketing and Sales objectives of the sales department;
Accomplishes
Marketing and Sales objectives of the sales department;
·
Closely
Monitor progress and expedite responses to inquiries and monitor inquiry conversion
rates;
Closely
Monitor progress and expedite responses to inquiries and monitor inquiry conversion
rates;
·
Maintain
close liaison with sales team members in order to work as a team and achieve
targets.
Maintain
close liaison with sales team members in order to work as a team and achieve
targets.
·
Identify
marketing opportunities by identifying consumer requirements, defining the
market, evaluate and monitor competitors’ share, document competitors’
strengths and weaknesses and establish targeted market share.
Identify
marketing opportunities by identifying consumer requirements, defining the
market, evaluate and monitor competitors’ share, document competitors’
strengths and weaknesses and establish targeted market share.
·
Maintain
Constant touch and rapport with Company clients by paying periodic visits and
understand/anticipate their needs clearly.
Maintain
Constant touch and rapport with Company clients by paying periodic visits and
understand/anticipate their needs clearly.
·
Enhance
sales figures, while analyzing conformation to budgetary requirements.
Enhance
sales figures, while analyzing conformation to budgetary requirements.
·
Improve
product marketability and profitability by researching, Identifying and
capitalizing on market opportunities; provide input for product packaging
improvement and product development.
Improve
product marketability and profitability by researching, Identifying and
capitalizing on market opportunities; provide input for product packaging
improvement and product development.
·
Actively
promoting/arranging promotional events such as trade fairs, attended by key
clients intended to enhance the company’s reputation and secure future business
and interest in the company.
Actively
promoting/arranging promotional events such as trade fairs, attended by key
clients intended to enhance the company’s reputation and secure future business
and interest in the company.
·
Initiate
changes and update content of the website to meet expected standards.
Initiate
changes and update content of the website to meet expected standards.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
·
The ideal
candidate should preferably hold a Bachelors in Business Management, Marketing,
Bachelors of Business Administration (marketing) or equivalent with
demonstrated ability in sales and marketing techniques.
The ideal
candidate should preferably hold a Bachelors in Business Management, Marketing,
Bachelors of Business Administration (marketing) or equivalent with
demonstrated ability in sales and marketing techniques.
·
Chartered
Institute of Marketing (CIM) Qualification will be an added advantage
Chartered
Institute of Marketing (CIM) Qualification will be an added advantage
·
Prior
experience with sale of building materials would be an added advantage.
Prior
experience with sale of building materials would be an added advantage.
·
A minimum
of four years’ experience in sales and marketing
A minimum
of four years’ experience in sales and marketing
·
Basic
Knowledge of Product Distribution.
Basic
Knowledge of Product Distribution.
·
Possess
the ability to communicate orally and in written form with customers and
company management.
Possess
the ability to communicate orally and in written form with customers and
company management.
·
Proven
ability to anticipate and solve practical problems and resolve issues.
Proven
ability to anticipate and solve practical problems and resolve issues.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested
persons should submit their applications together with;
persons should submit their applications together with;
Attached copies of all academic
qualifications(transcripts and certificates
qualifications(transcripts and certificates
Updated and detailed CVs and mobile
telephone numbers;
telephone numbers;
Three work references and or/academic
references;
references;
Forward the applications through soft
copy to; [email protected]. You could also physically deliver your
application to any of our offices in East Africa. Kindly address applications
to;
copy to; [email protected]. You could also physically deliver your
application to any of our offices in East Africa. Kindly address applications
to;
The Recruitment Officer
KSK Associates
Financial Consultants
KSK Green Campus
Plot 24A, Hannington Road
P.O Box 70434 Kampala-Uganda.
Deadline: 23rd May, 2015
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