Upcountry Sales Manager
Job by Senselet Food Processing P.L.C.

Job Description

Senselet Food Processing is a start-up company, looking for ambitious, eager-to-learn and talented Upcountry Sales Manager who want to take responsibility and accountability in actively build the Team. Senselet is a part of PepsiCo making potato-based snacks (SUN Chips) and food products for the Ethiopian market and aims to become a leading food processing company. Currently, our modern processing facility, using the latest European processing technology, is located in Tulofa (65 km from Addis Ababa).

Main duties and Responsibilities:

• Sales Manager is responsible for managing 3 to 4 distributors and several official wholesalers Upcountry and export
• Sales Manager responsible for sales to all selected Retail Channels outside Addis Ababa in selected areas.
• Accountable for reaching the sales target: volume sales, numeric distribution, drop-size per customer
• Managing and motivating the sales team and responsible for daily management of the sales team, including tracking individual sales performance and team sales performance.
• Responsible for Every Day Great Execution of instore merchandising.

 

The Sales Manager must be able to:

• Create a transparent, data-driven work environment.
• Report of sales performance on daily/weekly/monthly base.
• Develop and maintain productive long-term relationships with our customers.
• Set-up and owning internal and external processes for effective customer and sales management.
• Contribute to the development of a knowledge based working environment regarding market trends/developments, consumers, customers, competitors, etc.
• Work cross functional with other departments.
• The role requires to travel 75% of the time to the relevant markets

Job Requirement

• BA in Business administration, Marketing Management and related filed
• 4+ years’ experience in a Sales Management Role in FMCG sector
• Fluent in Amharic and very good understanding of English (speaking and writing)
• Good planner, structured way of working and very strong communication skill
• Social skills: Responsible, convincing, good networker, serious, hard-working, eager to learn & receive feedback and a can-do mentality

How to Apply

Interested and qualified applicants can send their CV to:  [email protected]

Note: Use “Upcountry Sales Manager “as the subject line of your email!