We are
looking for a highly motivated Retail Manager with immediate availability to join our sales
and marketing team in Kenya.
Detailed Responsibilities:
Detailed Responsibilities:
- Timely
and accurate reporting to the Sales and Marketing management in the HQ as
well as the country GM
- Leading
and supporting the Sales and Marketing team, the Supply Chain team as well
as the Kiosk operators
- Responsible
to achieve the set targets (GP and turnover), constantly reducing costs
and increasing footfall and turnover on the kiosks. Responsible for the
performance of the teams and the kiosk sites
- Produce
and submit agreed on retail related reports on KPI’s, sales enhancing
activities, product and service performance, stock level and shrinkages,
basket value, footfall, sales forecast and others.
- Work
with the Sales teams to determine the optimal product and service mix at
each E-HUBB, develop new business opportunities and ideas to improve the
existing product and service mix
- Implement
key distribution and sales channel strategies
- Implement
key merchandising mechanism/planograms for each kiosk
- Implement
know your customer strategies
- Implement
the right pricing strategy
- Undertake
other necessary sales and marketing related activities to constantly
improve performance
- Be
a stakeholder on the new Site Steering Committee, help analyzing new
proposed sites from a Sales and Marketing point of view.
- Implement
a minimum stock level system
- Implement
continuous stock take process to reduce aged stock and stock shrinkage
- Overview
and help to manage supplier relationships in order to secure best pricing
and terms and conditions.
- Responsible
for the logistics strategy in order to find new opportunities to lower the
cost of goods sold without compromising product availability in the kiosk
Your profile
- 3
– 5 years of retail management experience, ideally with a particular focus
on field experience within a retail organization.
- Great
organization and time management skills
- Have
an excellent attention to detail and understanding of numbers
- Hands
on mentality
- Inspires
others in the shop team with great coaching and development skills
- Excellent
communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to maintain
effective relationships with people from different cultural backgrounds
- Excellent
command of the English language (spoken & written fluency - published
writing sample required); additional fluency in German preferred, French
language knowledge is an asset
- Excellent
MS office skills
What we offer
- A
unique opportunity to positively and directly impact social, economic and
environmental challenges in Africa
- A
secure position in a rapidly developing company with a competitive pay and
a dedicated, young, dynamic and highly motivated team of professionals
- The
opportunity to develop new solutions and concepts to support growing
business in one of the most exciting companies in the field of renewable
energy solutions for the developing world
Contact
If your qualifications match the above profile, you can identify with our vision and you are excited about this challenging position, we look forward to receiving your application.
If your qualifications match the above profile, you can identify with our vision and you are excited about this challenging position, we look forward to receiving your application.
It should
include:
- A
cover letter
- Curriculum
vitae including photo
- Relevant
certificates and references
- Salary
expectations and earliest possible starting date
Please send your application by email to
kenya.jobs@solarkiosk.eu.
Applications
should be received by 8th April 2016.
Please note
that we cannot consider incomplete applications or applications sent by post.
