Position: ROUTE SALES EXECUTIVE.
Deadline: 28 Feb 2021.
Date posted: 23 Feb 2021.
Location:Dar es Salaam.
Description:
Job Purpose
To own the responsibility of selling the cosmetics products by covering the outlets in an allocated geographical area with collection of payment from customers. To be effective communicator and persuade retailers, salons, pharmacies, wholesalers about features, attributes, benefits of cosmetics products. To maintain strong relationships with wholesalers, retailers, pharmacies and salons within the geographical area.
Key Areas of Responsibility
- To convince retailers, salons, pharmacies & wholesalers to buy cosmetics products
- Sell the entire range of company products
- Design the daily routes in an allocated geographical area
- Capturing orders from the customers and ensuring payment to be collected on the delivery date
- Arrange merchandise and sales promotion displays, or issue sales promotion materials to customers
- Ensure the company brands availability & visibility in all targeted outlets in the assigned territory
- Gathering competitor information and reporting to Supervisor on a daily, weekly basis
- Maintaining daily field reports and reporting same to the seniors
Qualifications, Experience & Skills
- Bachelor’s Degree or Diploma Degree in Sales and Marketing
- Minimum 3+ years of experience in a fast paced and performance driven environment
- Experience in FMCG (such as baby products, salon products, cosmetics, soap, deodorants or perfumes) will be added advantage
- Fluent in English and Kiswahili proficiency
- Advanced communication skills (written, oral and listening)
- Extremely high levels of resilience
- Must know and understand the industry
- Strong negotiating skills
- Strong commercial acumen, and proven ability to work under pressure
- Persuasive and articulate- communicates clearly and reason logically
- Strong ability to present, convey and sell ideas, prospects and concepts
- Interacts with others in a professional, patient and confident manner