Job Openings at Green Point - GreenGro

We are a company in Agribusiness and seeking to recruit a Produce and Projects Sales and Marketing Manager.

You will also be responsible for planning, implementing and directing the sales activities of the company in a designated area to achieve sales objectives.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Design and implement a strategic business plan to identify, pursue and acquire elite customer accounts that expands company’s customer base and ensures it’s strong presence develop a sales strategy to achieve organizational sales goals and revenues
• Monitor customer preferences to determine focus of sales efforts.
• Build and promote strong, long-lasting customer relationships by partnering with them and understanding their needs
• Present sales, revenue and expenses reports and realistic forecasts to the management team
• Identify emerging markets and market shifts while being fully aware of new products and competition status
• Achieve growth and hit sales targets by successfully managing the sales & marketing team
• Own recruiting, objectives setting, coaching and performance monitoring of sales & marketing representatives
• Delegate responsibility for customer accounts to sales personnel and oversee the activities and performance of the sales team.
• Ensure sales team have the necessary resources to perform properly
• Liaise with the production department to ensure customer quality expectations of our farm produce are met and exceeded
• Liaise with other company functions to ensure achievement of sales objectives
  assist with the development of sales presentations and proposals and co-ordinate and monitor online sales activity
• Investigate lost sales and customer accounts track, collate and interpret sales figures and help prepare budgets, control expenses and monitor budgets
• Forecast annual, quarterly and monthly sales revenue and generate timely sales reports
• Develop pricing schedules and rates, formulate sales policies and procedures
• Maintain inventory control, conduct market research and competitor and customer analysis
• Analyze data to identify sales opportunities, develop promotional ideas and material, attend trade meetings and industry conventions
• Cultivate effective business relationships with executive decision makers in key accounts
• Network with individuals and businesses to generate and identify business opportunities
• Identify emerging markets and market shifts while being fully aware of new products and competition status
• Assist the company in meeting their customer acquisition and revenue growth targets by keeping the company competitive and innovative
• To propose the best technical and economic solutions (quality, cost, deadlines) and to negotiate new contracts.
• Be fully conversant with the commercial and technical requirements of customers and competitors within preselected and defined market sectors.
• Identifying market opportunities through meetings, networking and other channels, guarantee the establishment of referrals upon targeted clients.
• Meeting existing and potential clients, identifying and gathering their specific needs at an early stage

Job Qualification and Experience

• Bachelor of Commerce in Sales and Marketing or related Field
• 4-5 years’ experience in sales of produce or projects
• Exceptional, organizational, communication, presentation and negotiation skills
• Excellent problem solving skills

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The main task will be to develop, implement, track and optimize our digital marketing campaigns across all digital channels.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Plan and execute all digital marketing, including SEO/SEM, marketing database, email, social media and display advertising campaigns
• Design, build and maintain our social media presence
• Manage and maintain the organization’s website(s) and manage the redesign of the company website whenever required
• Optimize our website and social media channels for SEO as well as usability
• Develop a website traffic plan and create goals and benchmarks to meet
• Write and optimize content for our website and social networking accounts such as Facebook and Twitter
• Track and analyze website traffic flow and provide regular internal reports
• Measure and report performance of all digital marketing campaigns, and assess against goals (ROI and KPIs)
• Use Google Analytics, Google AdWords, and other relevant sites
• Devise strategies to drive online traffic to the company website.
• Attain key performance indicators such as reducing the website bounce rate, increasing dwell time or improving conversion
• Continually work on the Search Engine Optimization of our website(s)
• Edit and post videos, podcasts and audio content to online sites
• Create online banner adverts and oversee pay per click (PPC) ad management
• Manage and write copy for email marketing campaigns
• Identify new trends in digital marketing, evaluate new technologies and ensure the brand is at the forefront of industry developments, particularly developments in mobile marketing
• Evaluate emerging technologies and provide thought leadership and perspective for adoption where appropriate
• Collaborate with internal teams to create landing pages and optimize user experience

Job Qualification

• Bachelor/ Diploma in Marketing, Advertising or IT
• 1-2 Years’ experience in Digital Marketing
• Excellent planning and organizational skills
• Ability to multi-task and get things done to completion
• Excellent networking and prospecting skills
• Strong social media Account Management skills

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We are a company in Agribusiness and seeking to recruit a Field Agronomist.

The primary responsibility is to assist in providing expertise and advice in implementing agronomic service programs for our business

Duties and Responsibilities

• Regular field checks to ensure expected production is always on course.
• Prepare and present detailed field reports to the lead supervisor and management
• Insect, weed and disease monitoring / diagnostics
• Soil sampling and Soil moisture status monitoring
• Ag chemical, fertilizer and seed recommendations
• Equipment calibration
• Crop rotation planning and hybrid/variety selection recommendations
• Permanent record keeping Crop budgeting and planning
• Provide personal consultation with customers as needed
• Educational / promotional presentations as needed
• Assist designated staff members in selling efforts with dealers, specific customers, and prospective customers that need additional agronomic support / contact.
• Proactively promote and inform the Area team sales staff on current and potential upcoming agronomic issues that affect growing crops.
• Assist other Agronomists with designated agronomic testing, training and sales projects.
• Perform field service calls, participate in area functions as requested, and evaluate product performance within designated areas
• Attend commercially sponsored workshops and seminars to gain agronomic knowledge
• Perform other duties as may be required by the company

Qualification

• Diploma/Bachelor in Agriculture or related field
• 6 Months – 1 year experience as an Agronomist
• Broad technical knowledge of crops, products and farming practices.
• Must be flexible and good communication skills