Job Title: Sales
Officer
Officer
Organization: Mukwano
Group of Companies
Group of Companies
Job Ref: MIUL/SO/04/03/2019
Duty Station:
Kampala, Uganda
Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Regional Sales Manager
About US:
The Mukwano Group of
Companies is the leading manufacturer of Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) in
the Great Lakes region, producing a wide range of market leader brands in
soaps, edible cooking oils and fats, detergents, beverages, personal care
products and plastics.
Companies is the leading manufacturer of Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) in
the Great Lakes region, producing a wide range of market leader brands in
soaps, edible cooking oils and fats, detergents, beverages, personal care
products and plastics.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Coordinate secondary market orders with the Channel Partner (CP) and
promptly advise on delivery - Manage and ensure primary and secondary targets are achieved for the
assigned territory - Implement sales improvement initiative strategies in retail markets
- Audit and advise CPs on acquisition of appropriate logistics and man
power resources to support retail expansion distribution - Empirically update customer databases and submit on a weekly basis
- Guide CPs sales team to optimize product placement into secondary
markets - Monitor usage of coolers in assigned territory and submit status
report to the Regional Sales Manager - Keenly monitor the usage of company distribution panel vans in
assigned territory and provide performance report to the Regional Sales
Manager - Provide a daily price analysis for towns in assigned territory to
the Regional Sales Manager - Ensure that the CP route sales trucks are being optimized for retail
/ wholesale distribution with adequate frequency to ensure product
visibility - Ensure appropriate product display in retail and wholesale outlets
at eye contact level - Develop new accounts in assigned territory and advise CPs to
effectively supply products - Ensure that sales information system reports are maintained by CPs
and updated on time as required - Follow up on customer balances as per credit days and advise on
invoices due for clearance - Actively participate in sales promotion activities including: trade
fairs and sales campaigns - Analyze CP floor stock and give advice on order booking in relation
to CP targets. - Prepare and submit weekly market intelligence reports to the
regional sales manager - Supervise and guide merchandisers for optimum product visibility in
supermarkets and retail outlets - Prepare and submit daily reports to your supervisors
- Perform any other duties that maybe assigned from time to time by
the Regional Sales Manager or Head Office Sales staff
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The ideal candidate for the Mukwano Sales Officer job must hold a Bachelor’s Degree in
Commerce, Business Administration or any other related field. A post
Graduate Diploma or Masters Degree in Business Administration with a
specialty in marketing is an added advantage. - Two years of relevant experience in the marketing field in FMCGs
- Excellent professional, integrity, confidentiality, analytical,
innovative, report writing, communication, team work and customer care
skills. - Should have a positive attitude, be self-driven, flexible, results
focused, work under pressure with minimum supervision, ready to move in
the field and the ability to work for long hours.
How to Apply:
All those interested
in working with Mukwano Group should apply online at the link below.
in working with Mukwano Group should apply online at the link below.
Deadline: 15th March 2019
NB: Only
successful candidates will be shortlisted and contacted not later than one week
after deadline.
successful candidates will be shortlisted and contacted not later than one week
after deadline.
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