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Job Title:   Sales & Marketing Manager

Organisation: Al-Mansour Automotive

Duty Station:  Kampala, Uganda

About US:

The conglomerate was first established in 1975 by the late Mr. Loutfy Mansour to enter the automotive market in Egypt. It didn’t take long for Mansour to reach its record-breaking sales by becoming the exclusive dealer for General Motors (GM) in the same year and soon became a household name by 1980, franchising popular automotive brands; Opel, Chevrolet, Isuzu, and ACDelco.

Fast forward to 2001, Mansour Automotive was given exclusive distribution rights for all General Motors brands and products in Egypt. For an outstanding 4 decades, Mansour Automotive has won the hearts and trust of millions of customers by following their philosophy ‘With Mansour, you are in safe hands.

Job Summary:  The Sales & Marketing Manager will provide leadership expertise in providing efficient and focused sales and marketing strategies. The jobholder will be tasked with the development and Grow a profitable regional sale, while cultivating key relationships to support sustainable growth, capacity, and commercial business.

Strengthen and grow client and partner base and maintain surveillance on market conditions, emerging opportunities, and risks. This is a hybrid role, in which the incumbent will own key customers and strategic automotive partners relationship, develop and implement the company’s marketing, public relations, and advertising strategies, manage and oversee all sales activities in the assigned country/region with the overall aim of achieving sales and marketing goals

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Create an enabling and positive environment in the department where individuals present a high level of accountability and are working together across the region as a single team to realize MAG values and goals
• Identify, develop and maintain an effective national distribution sales network
• Participates in target/bid reviews and provides ongoing feedback to senior management on the status of capture efforts and the viability of continued investment of time and resources in developing business opportunities
• Prepare an annual sales and marketing strategy and budget, and continuously monitor and report on its achievements on a monthly and annual basis
• Responsible for the planning and implementation of personnel requirements in Service department (recruitment/dismissal) as agreed with Country management, and ensure performance is managed and talent is nurtured
• Responsible to discuss training plan and communicating HR for application and encouraging staff and technicians to keep their skills up to date through periodic technical training offered by the brand manufacturer/s and MAG
• To ensure compliance with regulations governing safety at work and accident prevention in the business country
• Use marketing tools and sales incentives to stimulate sales activities to maintain and exceed revenue objectives on monthly, quarterly and yearly basis
• To ensure internal quality measures, perform internal workshop tests and implement improvement measures to increase service quality Manage special tools and service parts inventory to ensure that all items are recorded and stored according to instructions
• Develop market and competitive analysis, pricing schedules, forecasts, promotional plus advertising requirements according to MAG standards and specific market environment

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The applicant must hold a Bachelor’s Degree
• At least eight to ten years of experience in the management of an automotive technical business or in a business that offers fully comprehensive services in the automotive industry.
• Proven history of technical experience in the field of customer relationship management
• Technical and mechanical skills.
• Business-savvy personality
• General management experience is essential for this job.
• Detail-oriented trouble-shooting skills needed to make unusual diagnoses
• Able to deliver the highest standards of customer service.
• The ability to recruit staff and monitor performance.
• Good interpersonal skills, including people-management, leadership, and both written and verbal communication skills.
• Must be familiar with computer software programs e.g. Word, Excel, etc.
• Good Financial skill to be able to plan and track budget and profit
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of the organization

How to Apply:

All candidates who wish to join Al-Mansour Automotive in this capacity should apply online at the link below.

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Deadline: 1^st November 2023

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