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• The
  incumbent will manage and support the sales and marketing team.
• Formulate
  sales and marketing strategies.
• Perform
  professional presentations and demonstrations of company products and
  services by physical visits to customer locations
• Represent
  our products in high-level meetings with government ministries, embassies,
  UN agencies, ‘NGO’s, other government company and institution, and
  big private firms.
• Implement
  and maintain customer relation
• Ship
  management strategies and systems.
• Prepare
  sales forecasts, budgets, and reports

• The
  ideal candidate should have completed a BSc and MSc/MBA degree at an
  accredited university / institution. 
• A
  minimum of five years of successful sales management experience,
  preferably in a fast growing consumer retail / branch organization.
• Extensive
  knowledge and understanding of the challenges of managing a
  decentralized sales force in the African context.
• The
  applicant must be someone who cares deeply about improving lives in
  Africa. You bring more than passion to the role: you have the grit
  and resilience to do this work.
• Be
  a good seller, and, crucially, you have a deep interest in and proven
  excellence if it comes to managing a sales force.
• Natural
  leader able to guide decentralized sales teams to set and achieve their
  targets, while working in a complex, constantly changing and
  resource-constrained environment.
• You
  love to make people around you perform better by constant training and
  coaching, however you lack tolerance for underperformance.
• You
  are a problem-solver, a direct and candid communicator, excited
  about being hands-on without getting lost in the weeds.
• Excellent
  interpersonal skills, ability to communicate and manage well at all levels
  of the organization;
• Strong
  problem solving and creative skills and the ability to exercise
  sound judgment and analytical skills to make decisions based on accurate
  and timely analyses of complex situations;
• Impeccable
  level of integrity and dependability with a strong sense of urgency and
  results-orientation.
• Resilience
  under pressure, flexible thinking and ability to adapt to change.

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