Job title: Sales Executive
Work Location: Hariss International Limited – Kampala, Uganda
Division / Department: Sales & Marketing
Reports to: Country Sales Manager
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Ensure that the agent’s stores are opened early and you go to the field early.
- Cover all the sales points (shops, stockiest, restaurants, supermarket’s, hotels, hospitals, bars and kiosks).
- Monitor our products in each and every sales point as well as checking for expiries.
- Arrange the displays for our products in your area.
- Move with the agent’s sales team on all routes and monitor their activities and in case of any issues you report to your supervisor or manager.
- Follow up on orders when the stock levels reduce in the store.
- Monitor the company fridges for displays, availability of products and that no competitor products are displayed in these fridges.
- Load all brands i.e. soda, water, energy drink, juice and biscuits in reasonable quantities when going to the field. push all the company brands and a penalty will be charged for failure to push certain brands.
- Maintain the market that has been created by the promotions and supervision team especially for water.
- Ensure that bonuses are given to customers whenever there is a promotion and failure to do this will be regarded as dishonesty and theft.
- Always move with posters whenever you go for a route sale and put them in all areas of entrance, visibility and replace those that have been removed.
- You should not disclose any information to competitors regarding our products, prices, business processes or sales.
- You are expected to achieve the expected minimum sales target of at least 85% of your total target. Failure to achieve this target for three consecutive months may lead to termination.
- You should report to management all those agents mixing other products either on the distribution truck or store.
- Advise the agents depot manager to always arrange the products in a proper way to avoid damages and expiries.
- Always use the company line to communicate to your agent and all your customers.
- You should be faithful to your employer and you should not receive any bribes from your agent and all your customers.
- Always portray the best company image by dressing appropriately and keep neat and smart.
- Customer approach: explain to customers about all the products and use the profit strategy to sell slow moving products.
- Enforce territorial respect between the agents and control dumping.
- Taking alcohol is not acceptable during working hours.
- Handle and take good care of company property like phones and laptops and any costs for damages and repairs due to negligence will be charged on you.
- Daily reports should be sent to the data office and a weekly report sent to the supervisor.
- Monitor adverts on radio and Televisions and inform management about the old adverts that are aired or adverts with a wrong price.
- You should know all your customers by name, and they should also know you.
- In case the agent trusts you with money, avoid misusing it as this could lead you to be arrested and be taken to police.
- Ensure that there is no overcharging of customers in your areas and if this happens it may lead to your termination and forfeiting of all your terminal benefits.
- And any other duties as assigned by Management
Education and/or Work Experience Requirements:
- A minimum of a diploma’s in Business Administration (Marketing science major) or any relevant discipline.
- A minimum of 2 years’ experience in a similar role in a busy environment
Key Requirements:
- At least 2-3 years hands-on in the market.
- Must be able to work under pressure and meet deadlines, while maintaining a positive attitude and providing exemplary customer service
- Ability to work independently and to carry out assignments to completion within parameters of instructions given, prescribed routines, and standard accepted practices
Equal Employment Opportunity Policy
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex,, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.
Hariss International is an equal opportunity employer Minorities/Females/People with Disabilities/Protected Veterans/Gender Identity.
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Please consider your application unsuccessful incase you do not hear from us within 3 weeks from the submission deadline
