Product Manager (Agri Financing)

Key Responsibilities:
• Drafting business plans, contracts, proposals, sales pitches, presentations, reference material, and other documents as required.
• Follow up on generated leads, finishing contracts and market research.
• Explaining to farmers different types of loans and credit options that are available.
• Approving within delegated authority loan structures pricing and conditions on loan transactions.
• Build strong business relationships with new clients and maintain existing client relationships.
• Collating and maintaining client information in the CRM database.
• Developing and implementing sales strategies, client service and retention plans, and analyzing sales data to inform or update marketing strategies.
• Combine business and agricultural knowledge with an in-depth understanding of each farmer’s current financial position in order to provide innovative and workable alternatives.
• Evaluate the risk in loan transactions and assign a probability of default and loss given default.
• Prepare credit analysis on assigned portfolio directly or through the use of a credit analyst.
• Achieve the set monthly targets.
Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s Degree in Agri-Business Management or a relevant field.
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Must
have at least 4 years’ relevant work experience in Business Development dealing with farmers.
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Must
have proven strength in the ability to grow sales and develop client relationships.
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Must
demonstrate the ability to deliver set targets.
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Must
be Performance driven with an understanding of commercialization of agriculture.
•
Must
be honest and reliable.
•
Must
be aggressive with Good networking skills.
• Flexibility to adapt to change in priorities.
Monthly Gross Salary:
Kshs. 70,000 – 100,000 (Approx. 700 – 1,000 USD) depending on skills and experience.
Career Level
: Junior Level.
Education
: Bachelor’s.
Location
: Nairobi, Kenya.
Deadline
: 20th February 2021.
We endeavour to make contact with all of our applicants, but unfortunately high volumes of applications make this unrealistic. If you do not hear from us within two weeks your application has not been successful on this occasion. This does not mean you will not be considered for future roles so please keep an eye on our job board and apply for positions that match your skills and experience.
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Our client a credit only Micro-Finance Company licensed in Kenya under the Company's Act is looking for a Product Manager – Agri financing. The successful candidate must have at least 4 years’ relevant work experience in Business Development dealing with farmers.