Careers at Summit Recruitment and Search

The ideal candidate will be responsible for driving sales, supporting distributor operations, managing customer relationships, and increasing product visibility across the region.

Key Responsibilities

• Actively drive product demand and pull-through from assigned distributors by engaging agrovets, stockists, and farmers.
• Achieve monthly and quarterly sales targets as set by the Sales Manager.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key customers, providing product education and basic after-sales support.
• Monitor distributor stock levels, ensuring optimal stock movement while avoiding stock-outs or overstocking.
• Support payment collections from credit customers, highlighting any payment delays or risks to the Sales Manager.
• Gather and report market intelligence on customer preferences, competitor activities, and market trends.
• Execute promotional campaigns, activations, and represent the company during field days, exhibitions, and distributor-led events.

Key Qualifications

• Must have a Bachelor’s Degree in Sales, Marketing, Agribusiness, or a related field.
• Atleast 4 years of field sales experience, preferably within agriculture, animal health, or FMCG sectors.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and relationship management skills.
• Familiar with the Nyanza region and willing to travel extensively within the assigned territory.
• Must be a self-starter with the ability to work independently and meet targets with minimal supervision.
• Good organizational and reporting skills.

Deadline for applications: 10/07/2026

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The Production Manager will oversee production across cutting, stitching, assembly and finishing, ensuring orders are delivered on time, at target output and to premium quality standards. The role will also lead the development of processes, systems, people and infrastructure required to significantly scale production capacity over the coming years.

Key Responsibilities

• Plan and oversee daily and weekly production, allocate work across artisan teams, manage capacity, stock and custom orders, and ensure timely delivery.
• Maintain premium quality standards across cutting, stitching, assembly and finishing implement SOPs, Lean/Six Sigma and continuous-improvement practices.
• Manage leather, hardware and other production materials and suppliers; maintain appropriate stock levels; and oversee servicing, maintenance, sourcing and commissioning of machinery and new production equipment.
• Manage production data through ERP/MRP and capacity systems, ensure accurate and timely dispatch of finished goods, and maintain compliance with labour, occupational health, safety and environmental requirements.
• Lead the transition from workshop to factory-grade operations by developing scalable processes, workflows and systems, and oversee the layout, workflow, equipment and operational setup of the new factory.
• Manage custom and private-label production, including sampling, costing and timelines.

Key Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Operations, Engineering, Business, or related field; MBA is a plus.
• 5+ years production management experience in leather goods, footwear, garments, furniture or similar skilled manufacturing.
• Hands-on leadership skills with experience managing production teams and developing supervisors.
• Process improvement experience, including SOPs, Lean/Six Sigma and manufacturing scale-up.
• Strong production planning and ERP/MRP skills, including capacity, materials, workflows and output management.
• Knowledge of quality, machinery, materials and compliance, including workplace safety, labour and environmental standards.
• Strong commercial and problem-solving skills, with an understanding of costs, yield, margins and delivery targets.