Sales Officer Job Opportunities – Mukwano Industries Uganda Limited

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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 recruitment@mukwano.com 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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