Agricultural Sales Operations Manager Career Jobs – SolarNow
Job Title: Agricultural Sales Operations Manager
Organisation: SolarNow
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Country Sales Manager
About US:
SolarNow is an asset financing company that sells high quality solar product and appliances to households and businesses in Uganda. The company started in 2011 and has since opened 46 branches throughout Uganda, employs around 600 people.
Job Summary: The Agricultural Sales Operations Manager (ASOM) is responsible for implementing a sales plan for new agricultural product lines within SolarNow’s branch network country wide and in other countries. The ASOM shall support the agricultural sales teams in their operation, track client satisfaction, and build strong partnerships with key players in the agricultural sector to boost the promotion and sales of the new agricultural products and services.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Lead strategy development for the new product lines through the development of proposed activities.
- Manage the Sales Operations team to deliver effectively on the agreed strategy and objectives, including budget development and team resourcing.
- Execute innovative marketing strategy that targets emergent farmers as prospect clients
- Liaise with relevant SolarNow departments to roll-out successful marketing activities to branch network
- Piloting and roll out of sales strategy within SolarNow’s branch network.
- Ensure the productivity targets are metthrough executing on time and manner the sales and marketing strategy.
- Ensure that the client´s PAR30 and PAR90 are maintained under control
- Ensure that client satisfaction at every touch point of the Customer Journey is high in order to obtain more referrals.
- Responsible to have a motivated and satisfied team, which will contribute to achieving the above mentioned targets
- Experience in implementing market-based solutions within large-scale agricultural sector development programmes and managing interventions to enhance competitiveness in the agricultural sector
- Comprehensive understanding of the constraints faced by farmers in accessing inputs and services coupled with in-depth exposure to farming systems and regulatory needs will be regarded as an added advantage.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicant for the Solarnow Agricultural Sales Operations Manager (ASOM) job placement should preferably hold a Masters or Bachelors in Agricultural engineering, Agricultural Economics, Marketing/ Sales, or similar field.
- Strong leadership and people management
- Excellent communication ability
- Performance management
- Good problem solving
- Strong decision making ability
- Result oriented
- Customer oriented
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates are encouraged to send their applications to the Human Resource Manager, SolarNow Uganda Services via e-mail to recruitmentug@solarnow.eu with their updated CVs (no other documents).
Deadline: 16th March 2018
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