Area Sales Representative (Western Region)
 
Industry: Oil/ Petroleum
Location: Kakamega, Busia, Vihiga, Mumias
Salary: Ksh 80,000 plus commission 

Our client is a private oil marketing company in Kenya with over 20 years in operation. 

It invests primarily in petroleum imports and exports, bulk trading, petroleum depots, distribution and service stations.

They seek to hire a Area Sales Representative for Western Kenya Region

Duties & Responsibilities
  • Achieve the Area sales and revenue targets
  • Establish an environment and foundation for future sales growth.
  • Direct selling activities within the Areas, including deploying resources and customer service
  • Prioritizes effectively and in accordance with company objectives
  • Manage the Sales Representatives including their performance, hiring and training
  • Setting sales targets for individual sales representatives and your team as a whole
  • Monitoring your team's performance and motivating them to reach targets
  • Responsible for the Area route to market plans
  • Evaluate market trends and gather competitive information, identify trends that effect current and future growth of regional sales
  • Possibly dealing with some major customer accounts yourself
  • Increasing business opportunities through various routes to market
  • Handle special projects as assigned.
  • Servicing the needs of your existing customers
  • Preparing the regions annual budget and scheduling expenditures;    
  • Establishes sales objectives by creating a sales plan for the area
  • Building and maintaining rapport with key accounts and identifying new customer opportunities.
  • Recommends product lines by identifying new product opportunities,
  • Surveying consumer needs and trends; tracking competitors.
  • Update on the job knowledge by participating in training opportunities and maintaining personal networks.
  • Regular reporting to senior managers
Qualifications & Skills
  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Sales & Marketing
  • Additional professional qualifications in Sales & Marketing
  • Must have 3 – 4 years experience as a sales supervisor in the area
  • Perfect knowledge of the environs is an added advantage
  • Experience in working in an FMCG/ Petroleum/ Oil industry preferred.
  • Experience in developing and maintaining business growth
  • Experience in e-commerce, Market research, and product launches
  • Skills in Customer care, branding, field sales, communication
  • Must be self driven and able to meet deadlines
  • High level of professionalism, enthusiasm, and a “can do” attitude
  • Result oriented, Problem analysis and problem-solving
  • Persuasiveness, innovation and judgment
  • Take responsibility for the direction, control and planning of an activity
  • Works with minimal supervision and stress tolerant
  • Relate to others in a manner that creates a sense of teamwork and co-operation
  • Maintain effective communication with colleagues, both junior and senior
If you are up to the challenge, posses the necessary qualification and experience, please send your CV only quoting the job title on the email subject (Area Sales Representative Western Kenya- Ksh 80,000 plus commissions) to jobs@corporatestaffing.co.ke  before 23rd June, 2014

Kindly indicate previous/ current salary on your CV

N.B: We do not charge any fee for receiving your CV in our database nor for interviewing
 
Only candidates short-listed for interview will be contacted.

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