Country Manager Job (1500 – 2000 USD)
Mar 29, 2023
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Job Title: Country Manager – FMCG,
Industry: FMCG,
Location: Nairobi,
Gross Salary: 1500 – 2000 USD,
Our client is an international company focusing on specialty food and pharma ingredients and has been dedicated to identifying new, innovative applications for these since 1945.
They are looking for a Country Manager (25% of time)/Sales Manager (75% of time) with a passion for food technology and sales who will be responsible for establishing business in Kenya, overall market performance, and sales growth in the food industry sector.
This includes not only an understanding of food technology, sales management, and logistics but also team leadership across functions (including government relations, partnerships, operations, and local marketing).
The Country Manager will not only ensure operational excellence but also have their finger on the local market pulse, identifying new opportunities for sales growth while building and maintaining important partnerships with food producers.
Responsibilities
Responsibilities as a Technical Sales manager:
Analyze market and product range of suppliers to find new potentials.
Create strong relationship with food producers.
Develop sales strategies for specified ingredients (business development).
Visit customers in Kenya, analyze their needs, create value proposition.
Advice ingredients applications and develop tailor-made recipes for customers where required.
Attend production trials at customers / make small-scale trials in the application kitchen.
Make price offers / follow-up of projects & payments from customers.
Align sales strategy for suppliers’ product groups under the supervision of Springboard managers.
Check legal requirements (certification, registration, labelling, and import).
Responsibilities as a Country manager (Director):
Keep good relationship with suppliers of the company.
Control business processes within the company (logistics, contracts, administration, warehouse, usage of internal computer program).
Financial control (payments, exchange rate, costs of the company).
Coach and motivate employees.
Generate profit of the company.
Qualifications & Experience
Bachelor or Master Degree in Food Technology.
Minimum 3 years’ experience in food industry (Production / Sales).
Ability to solve technological problems and the passion for developing food products.
Exceptional communication and analytical skills, highly organized, reliable, ability to motivate and guide employees.
Good negotiation skills, positive thinking.
Fluent in written and spoken English.
Prepared to travel.
Located in Nairobi.
Business acumen.
Skilled computer user.
How to Apply
If you are up to the challenge and possess the necessary qualification and experience; please send your CV only quoting the job title on the email subject (Country Manager – FMCG) to [email protected] on or before 9th April 2023.
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