Sales and Marketing Manager – Horticulture at Corporate Staffing

• 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 3 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 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.

How to Apply

If you are up to the challenge, possess the necessary qualification and experience; please send your CV only quoting the job title on the email subject (Sales and Marketing Manager – Horticulture) to vacancies@corporatestaffing.co.ke before 30th December 2023