Latest Jobs at Leka Dairies - 2 Positions

We are seeking to recruit pro-active and self-driven individuals to fill the position of Sales Persons reporting to Sales and Marketing Manager

Job Purpose

The job holder ensures achievement of maximum sales profitability and growth within the assigned route and/or market segment by effectively selling the company’s products.
Supplies and secures new business customers and distributors

Areas of Sales:

We wish to engage individuals who are familiar and are conversant with the following areas;

• Route 1: Garden estate, Thome, Marurui, Balozi, Zimmerman, Kahawa west, Githurai, Kahawa Wendani, Kahawa Sukari, K.U, Juja,
• Route 2: Nairobi CBD, Westlands, Ngara, Pangani, Parklands, Muthaiga
• Route 3: Thindigua, Kiambu, Kiringiti, Kangoya, Ndumberi, Ruaka, Banana, Mucatha
• Route 4: SuperMarkets ; Quick Mart, Tuskys, Carrefour Kenya, Choppies, Naivas, Kamindi Supermarket, Clean Shelf Super Market

When applying kindly refer to the ONE ROUTE that you are well conversant with

Key responsibilities

• Generating sales opportunities by identifying appropriate business targets
• Providing a professional and excellent level of customer service with existing and new customers.
• Ensure timely sale of fresh milk and yoghurt to customers and distributors
• Research to identify customers, sector opportunities and maintain existing ones to increase customer base
• Sales and crates collection from distributors and customers
• Research on competitor market and monitor trends in sales e.g. arrangement of company products in supermarket shelves
• Advise on any new methods to help increase sales
• Attend to customer enquiries and queries and escalate to the head of sales if necessary
• Issue receipts and deliveries to distributors and customers
• Pass messages and information to customers; deliver handouts of price changes to customers
• Take daily orders from customers and distributors in the assigned route
• Collect returns and cheques from supermarkets and sign GRN documents and invoices
• Collect banking slips from distributors and ensure submission to the accounts office
• Submit fresh milk and yoghurt returns to the vetting office and ensure signing of the return book on a daily basis

Minimum Requirements

• Certificate or a diploma in Sales and Marketing (Or at least 2years experience in sales of Fresh Milk) N.B No degree level applicant will be considered for this position
• Certificate of Good Conduct
• Must have experience in a busy F.M.C.G
• Flexible working hours

Renumeneration

Salaries for sales persons will be a monthly retainer and a commission percentage of the liters of milk sold per month

Women are encouraged to apply for these positions

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Our client is a mini-dairy processing plant dealing with milk products.

They seek to hire a milk factory operations officer

Duties and Responsibilities

• Receiving and testing milk quality and standards
• Taking the milk through the various processing stages using the different machinery
• Supervising Correct cleaning and handling of machines and other factory equipment
• Ensuring proper CIP SOPs are observed
• Management of water boiler
• Examine work orders and work with equipment operators
• Maintain equipment logs on the milk processed and milk tests
• Keep record documents for equipment
• Maintain proper milk records
• Adherence of Quality control Sops
• Coordinate efforts with other staff involved in processing and sale of the milk products
• Adhere to clean and hygienic standards by keeping work stations clean
• Performs preventive/predictive maintenance procedures
• Compiling of reports for various projects
• Any other duties as assigned

Qualification & Skills

• Certificate/ Diploma in food science, dairy management-with a biases in value addition and processing or related field or at least two years’ experience in a milk factory (N:B No applications by degree holders applicants will be accepted for this position)
• Must have relevant experience and training in milk & hygiene handling background.
• Relevant experience in milk & yoghurt processing
• Must be or above 23 years old
• Two years’ experience in Milk factories
• Basic computer skills and internet access
• Strong and effective written and verbal communication skills
• Well-developed technical communication skills
• Ability to maintain detailed, accurate records, and prepare necessary reports
• Must ready to work shifts