Sales Manager at Kenya Tea Development Agency (MS) Ltd

Reporting to the Assistant Manager -Sales Auction, the successful candidate will be responsible for coordinating Mombasa Auction Sales with validation and allocation of available KTDA tea stocks to the Mombasa Tea Brokers.

Responsibilities

• Validate accuracy of all stock details whether the stock is in transit, warehouse and the factory.
• Allocation of auction teas to the brokers as approved.
• Check all auction catalogues for accuracy and completeness.
• Ensuring timely dispatch of product samples, weight notes and warrants to Brokers as per approved procedures.
• Attending to auction customer’s complaints and enquiries as and when required.
• Communicating and coordinate with factories on quality complaints and sample discrepancies received from the auction customers.
• Preparing timely and accurate weekly and monthly reports and distributing to users.
• Ensuring that brokers receive information on available teas based on production trends on timely basis.
• Receive and post all auction prices for all factories.
• Continuously liaise with warehouse team to assess quantity of tea available for sale.
• Validate post-auction prices for use by direct sales team (DSO/DSL including KETEPA)
• Quarterly preparations of buyers’ analysis reports per grade/factory for all auction sales.

Qualifications

The ideal candidate must possess the following qualifications and competencies: –

• Bachelor’s Degree in Science, Marketing or business related field.
• Minimum four (4) years of experience in Tea Manufacture, Trading or warehousing.
• Must have high level analytical skills.
• Must demonstrate high integrity and ethical practice
• Must demonstrate ability to work independently with minimum supervision.
• Must be a team player who is able to work cordially in teams
• Must demonstrate commitment to operational effectiveness
• Must have the ability to communicate for both written and oral communication
• Must be a flexible person, who is willing to learn and able to work flexible hours to achieve goals
• Must have knowledge in use of MS office packages