FMCG Manufacturer Sales & Marketing Manager Job in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania - 2015

Sales & Marketing Manager –  Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

Our client, a leading Manufacturer of FMCG products in East and Central Africa is looking for an experienced Sales & Marketing Manager. 

He /she will be responsible for effective strategic planning and expansion of sales and distribution function in Tanzanian market. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop own key account customers, offering high volume opportunities across all sectors


• Identify premium and mass product category opportunities


• Manage the customer data base, ensuring follow up and effective new product penetration


• Manage and coordinate customer pricing deals, price offs, seasonal promotions and discounts


• Build key brands and create awareness


• Set weekly, monthly and yearly deliverables against headline objectives and regularly report on progress


• To provide annual strategic plans and reports to the directors


• Ensure sales teams are mobile through efficient fleet management and on time delivery


• Ensure professional service cycle from order to delivery to payment collection


• Delegating effectively to ensure headline objectives are reached as a team

Qualifications:

• Must have a Bachelor’s degree in sales & marketing or equivalent


• Must have 5 years working experience in FMCG sales


• Must have a minimum of 3 years experience in consumer goods sales in East Africa


• Should have fluency in written and oral English and should be reasonably able to converse in Kiswahili


• Must be 30 – 40 years of age


• Experience of working in a diverse and multi-cultural organization

Monthly gross salary: Commensurate with qualifications and experience 
 

Benefits: Furnished house, utilities, telephone, medicals and education allowance

Deadline: 20th September 2015   
 

Applications:
 

To apply, please follow the link: 

Summit Recruitment & Training, 

Blixen Court, Karen road,

Karen.

We endeavour to make contact with all of our applicants but unfortunately high volumes  of applications makes this unrealistic. If you do not hear from us within two weeks your application has not been successfully on this occasion. This does not mean you will not be consider for future roles so please keep an eye on our job board and apply for positions that match your skills and experience.
 

****Please do not apply if you do not meet the requirements of the job****