Position: EXPORT SALES MANAGER.
Deadline: 25 Nov 2021.
Date posted: 13 Nov 2021.
Location:Dar es Salaam.
Description:
Job Summary
On behalf of our happy client, a Tanzanian private company that provides services of selling local and imported building and construction materials a cross East African countries like; Burundi, Zambia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Uganda & Rwanda, we are seeking to recruit a result oriented, self-driven, positive minded & a highly motivated individual as part of the company expansion strategy to fill the position of an Export Sales Manager to be based in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.
Key Responsibilities
- Generating and enhancing the sales of building and construction materials a cross East Africa
- Ensuring that the products are made available in the international markets by analyzing the trends of the customers and developing sales plans and strategies
- Identifying new business opportunities by tapping the potential customers
- Plan, design, develop and implement different sales activities by researching the customer's needs and requirements
- Ensuring that the existing clients are retained and maintained while developing the new customers
- Ensuring that all the sales and marketing activities are carried out within the agreed budgets, volume, sales, and within the given time scales
- To take initiative and efforts to develop constructive and effective solutions to any issues that slow down or hamper the export procedures and activities
- To constantly review key customer's performance and monitor their work, so that relevant information can be provided to the management
- To carry out market research, conduct surveys and study the competitors and their marketing and sales strategies
- Make new plans that will help the organization to race ahead in the competition
- Actively participate in the training sessions to improvise knowledge and skills
- Attend the trade shows and exhibitions and may even make suggestions to improve the product based on the feedback received from the customers
- Train and mentor the sales representatives and create awareness about the products in the target countries by conducting advertising and marketing campaigns
Qualifications, Experiences & Essential Skills
- Degree in Marketing, Sales, Business Administration and Management or any relevant course
- Master’s Degree in International Business or equivalent will be an added advantage
- Must have relevant work experience, minimum 5 years
- Proficiency in the foreign language particularly French, other than English would definitely prove to be an added advantage while interacting with the client and vendors from different countries
- Strong interpersonal communication skills to develop healthy, professional relationships with the clients and vendors demonstrated by exceptional leadership quality
- Excellent negotiation skills are a pre-requisite in determining the prices and discounts for different products
- Be able to work in a target-oriented work environment and should be able to prioritize work based on the given deadlines
- Excellent time management and organization skills with the ability to do fast mathematical computations will be an advantage
- Should be proficient in computers to maintain and update various kinds of reports