Sales and Marketing Manager
Location:
Nairobi,
Kenya
Job Type: Full time employee, Management
Background
Job Type: Full time employee, Management
Background
We are combining
business and clinical innovations to provide affordable and friendly maternity
and reproductive health services to low-income urban women.
We are running mobile
clinics, have launched our first maternity hospital, and plan for rapid expansion
within Nairobi and beyond.
Please visit www.jacarandahealth.org
for more details.
Job Description
Job Description
We are looking for a
seasoned Sales and Marketing Manager to join our team and create the demand to
fuel our growth.
These
responsibilities include sales, marketing, partnerships, and wider business
development, as part of the Jacaranda Health management team.
Jacaranda Health is a
start-up organization in the early days of its growth.
This role will
require spending substantial time in the communities in which we operate,
recruiting customers personally as well as overseeing our community mobilizers
and sales reps.
The candidate we seek has experience designing and executing sales and marketing efforts.
He/she has recruited
and trained high performance teams, negotiated high level partnerships,
continually outperformed sales targets and developed and executed marketing
campaigns.
He/she is able to
track numbers to evaluate marketing efforts and enjoys working in the field and
building success one customer at a time.
Above all, this person must be a passionate believer in our vision and devoted to improving global maternal healthcare.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Executing
Jacaranda’s vision to become one of the fastest growing health care
organizations in the history of East Africa
- Generating
client traffic in our facilities and hitting aggressive sales targets
- Building a high
performance sales and marketing organization, primarily consisting of
community health workers
- Collecting
feedback from customers, encouraging them to invite others, and ensuring
high levels of customer satisfaction
- Establishing a
culture that is continually testing new concepts for sales and marketing
in a rapid way
- Establishing and
growing demand-side partnerships
- Managing
suppliers, designers, consultants and other marketing resources
- Developing and
implementing a clear, innovative and creative marketing and sales strategy
Desired
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s
degree (or higher) in a relevant field
- 5+ years of
management experience in sales, marketing, or business development
- Preference given
to experience in marketing to lower-income communities and marketing
services versus products
- Hands-on
approach to getting things done with strong worth ethic and a sense of
urgency in solving problems
- Can manage many
tasks with a high level of independence
- Strong computer
and office skills. Must be able to design and execute partnership
agreements, presentations, proposals, etc.
- Excellent verbal
and written communications skills in English and Swahili
- Fervent passion
for improving the health and well-being of all mothers and children in
East Africa
- Loves people.
You must be outgoing, friendly and able to relate to people well,
including expectant mothers
- Must be a
strategic thinker and a person who takes initiative
To
Apply
Interested candidates
may apply by:
1. Completing the
online form available by clicking here: Marketing Manager Application Form -
May 2013 or by pasting this link into your web browser: http://goo.gl/HEExT
2. Submitting the current
resume’ and cover letter to jobs@jacarandahealth.org.
Only applicants that have completed the online form as well as submitted their CV will be considered.
Only applicants that have completed the online form as well as submitted their CV will be considered.
No calls
please.
Unfortunately, due to
the volume of applications received, we will be unable to confirm all
submissions.
Preference will be
given to applications submitted by May 31, 2013.
