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Job Title:  Sales Admin Intern (No Experience Jobs)

Organisation: Uzima Chicken Uganda

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

About the Company:

Uzima Chicken Uganda is a social enterprise focused on making smallholder farmers healthier and wealthier. Uzima Chicken distributes an improved breed chicken that is 4x more productive than local breeds in terms of egg and meat production, while requiring the same level of management and care as the local chicken. Rearing a flock of 10 improved breed chickens can generate a 270,000 UGX net profit uplift for a smallholder family. With Uzima’s bird, rural households in Uganda can build income resilience, confidently pay for their children’s school fees, and introduce larger volumes of animal protein into their daily diets.

Job Summary:   The sales admin is responsible for supporting Uzima sales functions in organizing order collection and order submission into DEAR and is also a point of contact for sales team inquiries and giving updates to the sales team daily concerning dispatch lists. The sales admin position demands a high level of professionalism, commitment and motivation, as well as great communication and interpersonal skills

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Creating sales quotes of orders from the sales team using Uzima’s order collection process daily; liaise with the Finance team to confirm payment for orders on chicks and feed in a timely and accurate manner.
• Transferring orders from form responses to orders in the order trucker
• Organizing dispatch list in line with the waiting period of 2-3 weeks
• Timely submission of orders to operations to ensure timely organization of dispatch
• Contact clients to obtain missing information concerning their orders
• Improving Sales order process Via sales team Relations with Guidance from the Supervisor.
• Any other activity assigned by the supervisor.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Degree in Marketing, Business Admin, Office administration, Record management or any related field.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to engage with the sales team in a friendly and professional manner
• Very good interpersonal skills.
• Proficiency in MS Office (Excel, Word, Powerpoint) or Google Suite (Google Docs, Google Slide, Google Sheets)
• Highly detail-oriented and process-oriented, with a highly developed sense of reliability and responsibility
• Time Management / Multi-tasking Skills: Handling multiple Customers and several Job Duties while Providing a timely service to the Demanding company needs

Skills: Uzima Chicken Uganda is seeking a candidate who has the following characteristics:

• Demonstrated strong and effective communication skills.
• Adequate computer skills with some knowledge of Google Suite (sheets, DOC)
• Strong team and time management skills: You know and understand your role, welcome collaboration and are willing to be coached to success. You bring a positive attitude to the department to help your team hit deadlines.
• Self-driven: You’re an independent worker who can complete tasks assigned to you with limited follow-up
• Passionate and excited about positively impacting smallholder farmers and customers in rural areas: You are excited by the possibility of directly impacting millions of Ugandans, helping them build sustainable livelihoods and improving nutritional outcomes.
• Entrepreneurial and Growth mindset: You are energized to generate ideas, learn and grow, proactively seeking feedback from your managers or proposing new ideas and seeking out learning opportunities.

How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates should send their updated CVs via Email to: careers.ug@uzimachicken.com with job title as Subject

Deadline: 12th August 2024

NB: Women are encouraged to apply

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