Book Sales Representatives at Spear Sharp Limited

Job Purpose: It entails meeting business goals and working to achieve long term growth of book products in public and private schools in Kenya. The candidate will liase with bookshops and form a network for purposes of reaching and surpassing targets. It will call for great ingenuity and resilience as they pursue leads and mature them into orders.

Job Description:

You will be expected to:

• Market and undertake sales activities to ensure that targets are met and performance targets maintained.
• Develop work programmes and schedules
• Collect payments
• Advice management on new areas of sales improvement.
• Participate in the preparation of sales annual budgets in consultation with the Chief Sales Officer.
• Monitor competition activities and advise the company on counter strategies.
• Apply the policy and criteria for credit customers
• Prepare periodic reports on sales activities and performance targets

Education & Experience:

• Diploma or Bachelor’s degree holder
• Work Experience: Experience in direct sales and willing to learn.

Special Skills:

• Personal skills
• Results oriented
• Customer oriented
• Strong communication and negotiation skills
• Enjoys working in a team and reporting on their activities
• Able to work with autonomy and willing to travel intensively on business
• Able to prioritize
• Assertive and takes initiative to make things happen

Sound like a job for you?