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Job Title:   Sales Executive (15 Job Vacancies)

Organization: Pride Microfinance
Limited (MDI) (Pride)

Duty Station: Uganda

About US:

Pride
Microfinance Limited (MDI) (Pride) is the leading Microfinance Deposit Taking
Institution in Uganda with 34 networked branches and eight contact offices
countrywide, an equal opportunity employer, regulated by Bank of Uganda under
the MDI Act, 2003.    

Job Summary:  The 
Sales  Executive  should 
be  able  to 
sell  all  the 
benefits  of  Pride’s 
products  and  serviceswith 
focus  on  Savings 
and  Loans    as 
well  as  the 
other  Pride  products 
and  services  (i.e. ATMs, 
MPB,  SMS  alerts, 
Forex  and  URA 
e-collection).      He/she  will 
be  required  to 
bring  in  atleast 
80  new  savings 
accounts  and  20  new  loans 
with  values  of 
Shs.  20,000,000/=  in 
deposits  and  Shs. 
50,000,000/=  in  loans 
disbursed  per  month 
respectively.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

·       Achieve  and 
maintain  the  following 
monthly  targets  while 
on  probation  and 
after  confirmation:

·       80  new 
voluntary  savings  accounts 
opened  (excluding  fixed 
deposit  accounts)  with 
Ugx.20,000,000/=  deposit  balances.

·        20 
new  loans  with 
values  of  Ugx. 
50,000,000/=

·       Maintain  close 
contact  with  customers 
and  obtain  market 
intelligence  on  the 
trend  in  customer 
wants  and  needs.

·        Follow-up 
and  ensure  that 
90%  of  the 
accounts  mobilized  / 
opened  are  enrolled 
onto  Pride  Mobile 
Phone  Banking  platform.

·       Prospecting  new 
clients  and  cross 
selling  products  to 
existing  clients  in 
the  assigned  branch 
operating  area.

·       Organizing  and 
participating  in  promotional 
activities/events.

·       Sells  new 
products  and  maintain 
quality  customer  service 
by  taking  part 
in  launches,  Pilot 
testing  and  various 
sales  activities  such 
as  pitch  camps, 
barazas,  bazzars,  business 
forums,  trade  shows, 
etc.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

·       The ideal applicant must
hold a Diploma  in  Sales 
and  Marketing  Management,Commerce,  Development 
Economics,  Economics,  Microfinance, 
Development  studies,  Business 
Studies,  International  Business, 
Accounting  and  Finance, 
Marketing,  Financial  Services 
and  Business  Computing, 
Business  Statistics,  Entrepreneurship  & 
Small  Business  Management, 
Social  Science,  SWASA, 
Education,Procurement  &  Chain 
Supply  Management,  Procurement 
&  Logistics Management,  Human 
Resource  Management, Industrial  & 
Organization  Psychology,  Project 
Planning  and  Management, Entrepreneurship  and 
Project  Planning, Public  Administration  and 
Management,  Public  Relations 
and  Media  Management, 
B.  Agriculture  & 
Rural  Innovations,  Agricultural 
Engineering,  Agricultural  Extension, 
Engineering  or  in  any  other 
relevant  /  related 
field.

·       Principal  passes 
at  A  ’Level 
+

·       Credits  and 
Pass  in  Maths 
and  English  at 
O’  Level

·       Should  not 
be  more  than 
30  years  of 
age.

·       Should  be 
willing  to  work 
in  any  part 
of  the  country. 

·       Should  be 
fluent  in  commonly 
used  local  languages. 

·       Should  have 
customer  awareness  and 
emotional  intelligence  skills, 
excellent  interpersonal  and 
communication  skills.

·       Motorcycle  riding 
and  prior  sales 
experience  will  be 
an  added  advantage

·       Excellent  selling 
and  cross-selling  skills

·       Resilience  and 
persistence  strong  work 
ethics  and  discipline 

·       Ability  to 
accept  rejection  and 
work  outside  the 
comfort  zone 

·       Enthusiasm  with 
patience 

·       Emotional  intelligence

How to Apply:

All
suitably qualified and interested candidates are encouraged to apply online by
following the procedure;

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Fill
in your personal information and upload your Curriculum Vitae (CV), including
all your scanned academic credentials, 3 letters of recommendation from each of
the referees and a passport photo.

Submit
online i.e. no hardcopy deliveries will be accepted

Deadline: 14^th
February 2020

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