Sales Officers – Mukwano Industries Limited – Kampala

Job Description
Job Ref. No. MIUL/SO/KLA
Reporting To Regional Sales Manager, The Successful Candidate Will;

Key Result Areas:
• Plan & prepare work schedules to attend to secondary market orders with the CP and promptly advise on delivery.
• Implement sales improvement initiative strategies in retail markets and guide merchandisers on optimum product visibility in supermarkets and retail outlets. \
• Review CP floor stock, advise on appropriate logistics & resources, update customer databases and provide guidance on order booking in relation to CP targets on a weekly basis.
• Guide CPs sales team to optimize product placement into secondary markets.
• Monitor the usage of company distribution panel vans in assigned territory and provide performance report to the Regional Sales Manager.
• Provide daily price analysis for towns in assigned territory, follow up on customer balances as per credit days and report on invoices due for clearance to the Regional Sales Manager.
• Monitor CP route sales trucks are being optimized for retail / wholesale distribution with adequate frequency to ensure product visibility.
• Monitor and provide guidance on usage of coolers, appropriate product display in retail and wholesale outlets at eye contact level in assigned territories & submit status reports to the Regional Sales Manager.
• Conduct market research, develop new accounts in assigned territories, and submit weekly market intelligence reports to the regional sales manager.
• Guide CPs on proper maintenance & updating of sales information system reports.
• Participate in sales promotion activities including trade fairs and sales campaigns.
• Any other duties that maybe assigned from time to time by the Regional Sales Manager or Head Office Sales staff.

Educational Qualifications And Experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Commerce, Business Administration or any other related field.
• 3 years of relevant experience is required

Skills & Professional Attributes Required
• Ability to work independently in carrying out assignments to completion.
• Effective Verbal and written communication.
• Professional personal presentation.
• Customer service orientation skills.
• Considerable ability to adhere to prescribed routines and practices; and compose effective and accurate correspondence.
• Dealing with non-routine matters, such as special projects, with minimum specific instructions.
• Decision making skills is required.

Method of Application
If finding & hiring great talent excites you, we would like to get into a conversation with you. Interested candidates should visit our website i.e www.mukwano.com , go to the career page and upload the Cover letter, CV and Academic Credentials OR send their Cover letter, CV and Academic documents to recruitment@mukwano.com stating the Job Ref No. in the subject line. All attachments should be submitted as a single PDF document.

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