MARKETING & SALES MANAGER - AGRICOM AFRICA PVT LTD

Position: Marketing and Sales Manager 

We are a fast growing organization in Agro auto mobile and implements, we seek to employee a very dynamic and vibrant Marketing and Sales Manager.

Job Purpose: To accomplishes business development activities by researching and developing marketing opportunities and plans; implementing sales plans; managing staff.

Marketing and Sales Manager Job Duties:

·         Accomplishes marketing and sales human resource objectives by recruiting, selecting, orienting, training, assigning, scheduling, coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, appraising, and reviewing job contributions; planning and reviewing compensation actions; enforcing policies and procedures.

·         Achieves marketing and sales operational objectives by contributing marketing and sales information and recommendations to strategic plans and reviews; preparing and completing action plans; implementing production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; resolving problems; completing audits; identifying trends; determining system improvements; implementing change.

·         Meets marketing and sales financial objectives by forecasting requirements; preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions.

·         Determines annual and gross-profit plans by forecasting and developing annual sales quotas; projecting expected sales volume and profit for existing and new products; analyzing trends and results; establishing pricing strategies; recommending selling prices; monitoring costs, competition, supply, and demand.

·         Accomplishes marketing and sales objectives by planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating advertising, merchandising, and trade promotion programs; developing field sales action plans.

·         Identifies marketing opportunities by identifying consumer requirements; defining market, competitor's share, and competitor's strengths and weaknesses; forecasting projected business; establishing targeted market share.

·         Improves product marketability and profitability by researching, identifying, and capitalizing on market opportunities; improving product packaging; coordinating new product development.

·         Sustains rapport with key accounts by making periodic visits; exploring specific needs; anticipating new opportunities.

·         Provides information by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing data and trends.

·         Protects organization's value by keeping information confidential.

·         Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.

·         Accomplishes marketing and organization mission by completing related results as needed.

Skills: Financial Planning and Strategy, Marketing Concepts, Positioning, People Management, Territory Management, Sales Planning, Competitive Analysis, Understanding the Customer, Product Development, Client Relationships, among others.

Qualifications

·         A degree in Sales and Marketing from a recognized university

·         At least 5 years experience in auto mobile industry at least three of which must be at managerial level.

·         Professional qualification and or Masters in Sales and Marketing will be a distinct advantage.

Interested and Qualified candidates can send their detailed CVs to dbakati@agricomtz.com before end of day 29 August 2014.