Sales and Marketing Manager at Corporate Staffing

Key Functions

This is a highly demanding position in the company with an onset responsibility to increase sales by onboarding new clientele in the EU, Middle East, China, and other earmarked markets for fresh, processed avocados and passion fruits.

The position requires a creative individual with utmost dedication, knowledge, and demonstrable experience in sales and marketing of consumer products in a busy and dynamic commercial environment. Those with experience in sales of fruits and vegetables in the export markets will have an added advantage.

Responsibilities:

• Acquire new clients and achieve the sales targets for our organic and conventional avocados, mangos, and passion fruits in the EU and Asian markets in line with the company’s growth.
• Responsible for maintaining healthy working relationships with partners and farmers.
• Establish clients and generate sales for the planned frozen fruits in the EU, Southeast Asia, and locally. Responsible for ensuring high-touch customer service, delivery, and experience.
• Design strategies and undertake marketing and promotion of its products in the targeted markets.
• Abilities to periodically undertake product competitive landscape studies and come up with strategic plans to maintain the company’s market position and growth.
• Responsible for maintaining the company’s robust digital marketing outlays.
• Build and maintain an impressive and engaging social media presence.
• Product brand development and management.
• Periodically carry out market research, surveys, and development within the company’s product diversification plans.
• Effectively work with production and logistics departments in order to ensure timely and seamless delivery of orders.
• Ensure all the time the business meets requisite market and regulatory requirements.

Qualifications:

• A Degree in marketing or a related business degree from a reputable university is requisite.
• Minimum of 5 years of demonstrable hands-on experience in export commodities sales and marketing in a busy environment.
• A good working knowledge of dealing with importers and retailers in the fresh fruit and vegetable or Flowers markets in the EU will be an added advantage.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Evidence and the ability to use MS Office is a prerequisite.
• Knowledge of working with marketing tools and software.
• Creativity, and strong personality.
• Fast learner with good analytical skills.
• Good interpersonal skills and abilities to work in a work-deliverable demanding environment.
• A self-starter and goal achievement-oriented individual who can work without close supervision.
• Demonstrable integrity and passion for work environments that have an invariable demonstrable social-economic impact in rural areas.