About the job
Our client is a chemical company based in Nairobi’s Industrial Area dealing in manufacturing and distribution of a wide range of specialty agricultural chemicals.
Key Responsibilities:
- Actively take charge of promotion, marketing and sales of new and existing products among large scale growers
- Design, implement and maintain an effective marketing strategy of the company products
- Popularize usage of company products through demonstration, field days, farmers’ trainings and commercial trials
- Maintain regular contact and good rapport with key growers to ensure that there is demand of company products among growers
- Identify, recruit, maintain and service potential end-users to ensure potential sales are realized at all times
- In liaison with immediate supervisor, negotiate product sales price and terms of sales with clients to maximize on profitability
- Take a pro-active role in collection of due debits in the territory
- In liaison with the management, vet new and review existing clients for credit worthiness
- Obtain and maintain sufficient information on clients’ ability to service credit and ensure that the management is well updated on dangerous clients
- Respond to clients’ inquiries and complaints promptly and in a professional manner
- Prepare seasonal / quarterly sales forecast, marketing programme and budget.
- Take lead in gathering relevant market intelligence
Key Qualifications:
- Agricultural training at Degree level
- At least a Minimum of 3 years in direct agricultural input sales and marketing to large scale farmers
- Valid car driver’s license and minimum 2 years driving experience
- Willingness to travel extensively to meet growers
- Good planning, organizational and problem solving skills
- High level of motivation and entrepreneurial drive
- Interest in learning in-depth about new products, competition and new sales process
- Excellent interpersonal communication skills, networking and prospecting skills
- Goal driven, confident, outgoing personality and ability to work independently with minimal supervision
- Strong desire to learn
- Basic computer skills
- Preferably 28 – 35 years
- Ability to reside in Western, Central, Eastern, Mt Kenya or Rift Valley
How to apply:
Interested Candidates should apply to [email protected] attaching their updated CV.
Email reference title should be APPLICATION FOR THE POSITION OF AREA SALES COORDINATOR.
Application deadline is 25th February, 2023.
Consider your application unsuccessful if you do not hear from us within a month’s time.
