Sales Representative - Auction at Kenya Tea Development Agency (MS) Ltd

Position scope

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.

Key Responsibilities

• Validating accuracy of all stock details whether the stock is in transit, warehouse and the factory.
• Allocating of auction teas to the brokers as approved.
• Checking 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 with factories on quality and sample required by customers.
• Following up with the warehouses to ensure that samples are delivered to brokers in time, and accurately.
• 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.
• Receiving and post all auction prices for all factories.
• Liaising with warehouse team to assess quantity of tea available for sale.
• Validating post-auction prices for use by direct sales team (DSO/DSL including KETEPA)
• Preparing on quarterly basis buyers analysis reports per grade/factory for all auction sales.

Qualifications/Skills/Experience

• The ideal candidate must possess the following qualifications and competencies: –
• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing or Business related field
• Minimum four (4) years of experience
• 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 ability to multitask.
• Must demonstrate commitment to operational effectiveness
• Should have ability to solve problems by applying relevant business knowledge
• Should demonstrate professional expertise in the relevant work area
• Must have the ability to communicate for both written and oral communication
• Must be able to work under pressure
• 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