Regional Sales Manager, Sales Representative, Credit Controller and Export Manager Jobs in Kenya

Our client is seeking to recruit for the following positions for the firm.

1. Regional Sales Manager

1 Position

Duties and responsibilities:

• Maintain and increase regional sales.
• Visit potential customers for new business.
• Create awareness of products.
• Targeting potential new customers
• Looking for cash customers.
• Servicing needs for existing customers.
• Allocation of junior sales representatives.
• Meeting targets of sales in the area.
• Developing sales strategies and marketing.
• Motivating and monitoring performance.
• Analyzing sales figures.
• Market research.
• Keeping up to date with what competitors are doing and their pricing.
• Providing feedback for Directors.

Essential Technical Competencies and requirements:

• Passport size picture and complete curriculum vitae with references.
• Qualification minimum of an undergraduate degree in business or relevant field.
• Minimum experience of 5 years in relevant field.
• Must be Mature, Confident and Aggressive
• Must be computer literate
• Commercially aware
• Should have a professional appearance in order to give a positive image to the organization
• Gujarati speaking preferable

2. Sales Representative

1 Position

Western region, Eastern region, Nyanza region, Central region

Duties and responsibilities;                          

• Quote customers and sale.
• Looking for cash customers.
• Servicing needs for existing customers.
• Gather market and customers, information and provide feedback.
• Identify new business markets and opportunities.
• Visit potential customers for new business.
• Create awareness of products.

Key competences

• Passport size picture and complete curriculum vitae with references.
• Minimum qualification an undergraduate degree in business or relevant field.
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in relevant field.
• Must have Confident and Aggressive
• Must be Computer Literate

3. Credit Controller
 

1 Position

Duties and responsibilities: -

• Chasing outstanding invoices.
• Credit given to customers is monitored and controlled.
• Makes price against payment terms
• Feasibility analysis.
• Reducing average payment terms in days. -
• Processing and generating reminder letters and monthly statements. -
• Liaising with accounts to resolve outstanding queries. E.g.: Credit note issues.
• Ensuring all major accounts work agreed order to cash cycle
• Working to strict monthly and annual collections target –
• Must have finance experience
• Must be Aggressive in his/her work
• Must be computer literate and good communication skills
• Should have market awareness and obtains sufficient information to assess the credit worthiness of existing clients.
• Stop supply of goods to overdue clients.

Key competences;

• Passport size picture and complete curriculum vitae with references.
• Minimum qualification undergraduate degree in business or finance or relevant field.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in relevant field.
• Must be Mature, Confident, Very Aggressive
• Must be computer literate
• Gujrati speaking preferable

4.  Export Manager

Duties and responsibilities

• Formulate and implement export related marketing, sales and distribution strategies and plans to ensure achievement of targets.
• With the commercial manager, actively explore and establish new markets for the company’s products through visits, exhibitions and other means.
• Carry out market research and intelligence and provide market information that will assist in designing marketing strategies and development of new products for existing and potential markets.
• Establish, build and maintain relationships and contacts with transporters, shipping agents, clearing and forwarding agents and regulatory authorities to ensure smooth export sales operations.
• Prepare export reports and statistics for management decision making.
• Handle all documents related to export sales and ensure they are duly signed, authorized and are in order to avoid litigation and/or penalties arising from defective documents or procedures.
• Liaise with export promotion authorities and participate in regional shows and exhibitions to market the company and its products.
• Co-ordinate the development of trading terms and conditions with distributors and other business partners and ensure they are fair to export customers.

Qualifications

• Ideally bachelor’s degree in electrical/ mechanical engineering
• Diploma in marketing or business management & administration
• Strong problem solving skills based on an ability to analyze a situation based on hard facts and figures, blended with a touch of creative thinking
• At least 10 years’ experience in steel export.
• Experience in a shipping or clearing and forwarding environment.
• Good people management skills
• Computer literacy including office applications, such as MS Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Internet
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines

Those fulfilling the requirements of the positions should email their application letter together with a detailed CV, to jobs@jantakenya.com by 19th February 2013. 

Indicate the position you are applying for on the subject line. 

Do NOT attach certificates.

Failure to follow rules will lead to instant disqualification. 

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. 

We thank you for your applications.