Job Title: Distribution Manager
Employer: Otop Energy
Duty Station: Kampala
Application Deadline: 15th January 2014
Reports to: Regional Manager 3rd party distributors
Key Duties & Responsibilities:
- Do market research on the designated country for the different brands i.e. Market size, Number of outlets, Channel description and segmentation, Level of competition, Number of Whole salers, etc.
- Report the research in an overview to management
- Support the distributors on Marketing and Sales issues
- Initiate and discuss marketing and sales tools
- Liaise with marketing agencies, printers etc.
- Following leads to improve sales in the country, and share that with the distributor
- Making of Pro forma invoices with the distributor and the Country administrator
- Following up on payments with distributor in coordination with the country administrator
- Reporting on Sales and Marketing activities of the country to head office
- Reporting on stock position of Distributor
- Making of visit report after travel (upcountry)
- Calculation of prices to distributors and advice on RSP for beverages in the country, based on directives
- Perform any other requests from management not mentioned in this Job description
Qualifications, Skills & Experience:
- The applicant should possess a Bachelor level in Marketing, Sales or Business Administration
- Experience in a Marketing or sales role
- High self driven
- High initiative and innovativeness
- Excellent interpersonal and communicative skills
- Good presentation skills
- Exhibit positively
- Ability to work under stress
- Travel extensively
- Possess no 9-5 mentality
- Highly flexible
- Strong entrepreneurial instinct
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified candidates should send their updated CVs and a Cover Letter to sabrina@otopenergy.com