Sales & Product Manager

Key responsibilities:
• Promoting the company's existing brands and introducing new products to the market.
• Allocating sales targets to the sales team, ensuring that team meets their quotas and goals.
• Researching & developing marketing opportunities and plans.
• Understanding consumer requirements, identifying market trends, and suggesting system improvements to achieve the company's sales & marketing goals.
• Working with operations teams to ensure that service offerings are aligned to customer needs.
• Recruiting, training, scheduling, coaching, and managing marketing and sales teams to meet sales and marketing human resource objectives.
• Maintaining relationships with valuable clients by making regular visits, understanding their needs, and anticipating new marketing opportunities.
Qualification:
•
Must
have a degree in a relevant field.
•
Must
have a minimum of 10 years of sales experience in the service industry.
•
Must
have a minimum of 5 years in senior management reporting directly to the C.E.O /Managing Director.
• Experience in leading a dispersed group of sales staff.
• Candidates with a background in overseeing a sales team will have a distinct advantage.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and creative thinking skills.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and customer service skills.
• The ability to work under pressure.
Monthly gross salary
: Ksh. 250,000 – 400,000 /= (Approx. 2,500 – 4,000 USD) plus benefits depending on individual skills & experience.
Education Level:
Bachelor's Degree.
Position level
: Senior management.
Location
: Nairobi, Kenya.
Deadline
: 15th June 2020.
We endeavour to contact all 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 leading provider of security solutions with operation across sub-Saharan Africa, is looking to recruit a Sales & Product Manager to report directly to the C.E.O. The incumbent will have overall responsibility for the top line of the business with a clear focus in B to B and B to C Sales. He/she Must demonstrate outstanding leadership skills overseeing a minimum of 10 direct reports. The successful candidate will be required to show experience managing telesales in the services sector; ensuring the team achieves individual & team targets and ensuring group productivity.