Job Title: Sales Officer
Organisation: Mukwano Industries Uganda Limited
Duty Station: Uganda
Reports to: Regional Sales Manager
Job Ref. No. MIUL/SO
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
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Coordinate secondary market orders with the 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 the acquisition of appropriate logistics and manpower 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 a status report to the Regional Sales Manager.
- Monitor the usage of company distribution panel vans in assigned territory and provide performance reports 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 the 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.
- 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.
- 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 reports to your supervisors as required within the timelines stipulated.
- Any other duties that may be assigned from time to time by the Regional Sales Manager or Head Office Sales staff.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The ideal applicant must hold a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce, Business Administration, or related business courses
- Three years’ working experience in a similar role.
- Ability to work independently in carrying out assignments to completion.
- Effective verbal and written communication.
- Professional personal presentation.
- Customer service orientation skills.
- Considerable ability to adhere to prescribed routines and practices; and compose effective and accurate correspondence
- Dealing with non-routine matters, such as special projects, with minimum specific instructions. *Decision-making skills are required.
How to Apply:
Interested candidates should visit our website Click Here, go to the career page and upload the Cover letter; CV, and Academic Credentials OR send their Cover letter, CV, and academic documents to [email protected] stating the Job Ref No. in the subject line.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted after the closing date. Any form of canvassing is prohibited.
Deadline: 4th July 2022
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