This is an exciting opportunity for an ambitious sales professional who enjoys travelling and collaborating with individuals from different cultures. One who loves to work with little oversight in a team focused organisation. The department offers the opportunity for rapid growth. The successful candidate will undergo three months training on the Orbit Chemical Industries’ business.



Export Manager Job Responsibilities


  • Expand existing portfolio – lead generation

  • Identify, critically evaluate and rank leads; to focus on those with the potential to turn into sales

  • Develop and present proposals to potential clients with the aim of closing a deal

  • Propose new finished products or product adjustments based on failed leads and feedback from the market

  • Optimise existing portfolio – consultative selling Understand the businesses with your portfolio to pre-empt client needs in line with Orbit Chemical’s ability to manufacture finished  products and individual components

  • Understand the businesses within your portfolio to identify additional partnership opportunities with respect to the manufacture of finished products and individual components

  • Collaborate – account fulfilment support

  • Build and manage relationships with key stakeholders of the businesses within your portfolio; this is to give input into the quarterly strategic direction sessions

  • Effectively hand over the management of the client relationships and fulfillment of the forecast orders to the Relationship Managers

  • Build relationships and coordinate with individuals within the organisation to obtain their support in various stages of the sales process

  • Leverage relationships built to mitigate and resolve, risks and issues; including debt collection

Qualifications for the Export Manager Job


  • Have 4 years’ experience in B2B sales; FMCG preferred

  • Have account and business relationship management experience

  • Have experience in non Kenyan markets; Sub-Saharan Africa experience a plus

  • Aligned to Orbit’s company mission

  • Have an appreciation for a start-up environment, ‘roll-up sleeves’ attitude and entrepreneurial

  • A critical thinker, adaptable, proactive, persistent, curious, detail oriented, challenges boundaries and delivery focused

  • Have strong interpersonal, negotiation, project management and communication skills

How to Apply


Qualified candidates to apply here


 



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