Jobs at Corporate Staffing

• Our client is seeking a Sales and Marketing Manager who will be tasked to increase sales by onboarding new clientele in the EU, Middle East, China, and other earmarked markets for fresh, processed avocados and passion fruits.

Key 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.
• 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.
• Ability to periodically undertake product competitive landscape studies and come up with strategic plans to maintain the company’s market position and growth.
• Ensure the company has a robust social media platform and is actively maintained.
• 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 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.
• A minimum of 3 years of demonstrable hands-on experience in sales and marketing of fruits and vegetables in international/export markets.
• A good working knowledge of dealing with importers and retailers in the fresh fruit and vegetable markets in the EU.
• 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. Requisite competencies:
• 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 & Marketing Manager – Agriculture) to jobs@corporatestaffing.co.ke before 30th December 2023